the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Job 29:10
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The highest officials of the city stood quietly, holding their tongues in respect.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The voice of the leaders was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The voices of the important men were quiet, as if their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
The voices of the nobles were hushed, And their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
duykis refreyneden her vois, and her tunge cleuyde to her throte.
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
and remained silent.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
the voices of nobles were silenced; their tongues stuck to their palates.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Even the most important leaders were quiet, as if their tongues were stuck to the roof of their mouths.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The Nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
The voices of the rulers were quiet. Their tongues held to the roof of their mouths.
the voices of princes were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
The voice of the princes was restrained, and their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
even the most important men kept silent.
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.
the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
The noblemen’s voices were hushed,and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
The voices of nobles were hushed, and their tongue stuck to their palate.
the leaders' voice was hidden; yea, their tongue clung to the roof of their mouth.
The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
whe the mightie kepte still their voyce, and whe their tonges cleued to the rofe of their mouthes.
The voices of the prominent people were hushed, And their tongues stuck to their palates.
The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.
The voice of the nobles was hidden away,And their tongue clung to their palate.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
nobles held their peace: Heb. voice of the nobles was hid, their tongue. Psalms 137:6, Ezekiel 3:26
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:8 - held Job 1:3 - greatest Job 29:21 - gave ear Psalms 22:15 - tongue Isaiah 52:15 - kings Micah 7:16 - lay
Cross-References
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The nobles held their peace,.... These may be in some respects inferior to the others; not princes of the blood, or sons of kings, who were properly princes, and yet great personages, of a noble extraction, and of considerable families: some think the leaders and generals of armies are meant, commanders and captains, and such like military officers, those sons of Mars, who are generally bold and daring, boisterous and blustering, and full of talk; and yet even these held their peace in the presence of Job:, or their "voice [was] hid" r; it could not be heard:
and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth; so that they had no use of it, and it was as if they had none, see Ezekiel 3:26. Here are various expressions made use of, signifying the profound silence of great personages while Job was present; and this silence was owing either to a consciousness of their own weakness, and lest they should, by speaking before him, betray it, and he should expose them; or to the desire they had of hearing Job's opinion first, which was as an oracle to them, and usually determined matters in debate before them; such high sentiments did they entertain of Job's good sense and abilities.
r × ×××× "occultabatur", Drusius; "occultabat se", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The nobles - Margin, âThe voice of the nobles was hid.â Literally, this may be rendered, âas to the voice the nobles hid themselves;â or the phrase here employed (× ××××× ×§×× × ×××× nechaÌbaÌ'uÌ qoÌl naÌgıÌydiym) may be rendered, âthe voice of the nobles was hidâ - it being common in the Hebrew when two nouns come together, of different numbers and gender, for the verb to conform to the latter. Rosenmuller. The word ânoblesâ here is to be understood in the sense of âcounsellors,â or men of rank. They would now be called âEmirs,â or âSheiks.â
And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth - They were so awed by my presence that they could not speak.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:10. The nobles held their peace — PRINCES שר×× sarim, and NOBLES, × ××××× negidim, must have been two different classes of the great men of Idumea. שר sar, PRINCE, director, or ruler, was probably the head of a township, or what we would call a magistrate of a particular district. × ××× nagid, a NOBLE, or one of those who had the privilege of standing before, or in the presence of, the chief ruler. The participle × ×× neged is frequently used to signify before, in the presence of, publicly, openly. And on this account, it is most likely that the noun means one of those nobles or counsellors who were always admitted to the royal presence. Mr. Good thinks that renowned speakers or eminent orators are meant: and others have embraced the same opinion. Job here intimates that his judgment was so sound, his decisions so accredited, and his reasoning power so great, that every person paid him the utmost deference.
