Job 29:10

Webster's Bible (1833)

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

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  • Job 29:8-9
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    8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;

    9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

  • Job 29:21-22
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    75%

    21 "Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

    22 After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1 > I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

    2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15 "They are amazed. They answer no more. They don't have a word to say.

    16 Shall I wait, because they don't speak, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

  • 26 and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

  • 18 Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

  • 5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

  • 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

  • 28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

  • 32 "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, Or if you have thought evil, Put your hand over your mouth.

  • 16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

  • 15 and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

  • 31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • 9 I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.

  • 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

    14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

  • 7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

  • 27 Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • 17 They have ears, but they can't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • 5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

  • 11 A fool vents all of his anger, But a wise man brings himself under control.

  • 20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"

  • 10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • 23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

  • 19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • 11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:

  • 10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

  • 31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • 13 Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time.

  • 4 The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

  • 10 For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, has he covered.

  • 9 As for the head of those who surround me, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.

  • 12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them be caught in their pride, For the curses and lies which they utter.

  • 11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, For the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

  • 30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • 8 Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate.

  • 30 But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.

  • 1 > God of my praise, don't remain silent,

  • 22 Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.

  • 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • 3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, But the lips of the wise protect them.