A moment in scripture
Job 29:10
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
- Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
- Job 29:11
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
- Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.