Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
KJV
Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.
Vulgate
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με, καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη·
LXX
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
ASV
קוֹל נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝/לְשׁוֹנָ֗/ם לְ/חִכָּ֥/ם דָּבֵֽקָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
י
y
noun · 18×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נָגִ֔יד
ngyd
noun · 43×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 3:26 — And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
- Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.