Job 29:10

the voices of the nobles fell silent, ¹  and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

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 their palate.

The highest officials of the city stood quietly, holding their tongues in respect.

they hung on my every word.

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

the voices of princes were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

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

the voices of the nobles fell silent, ¹  and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

¹ tn The verb here is “hidden” as well as in v. 8. But this is a strange expression for voices. Several argue that the word was erroneously inserted from 8a and needs to be emended. But the word “hide” can have extended meanings of “withdraw; be quiet; silent” (see Gen 31:27). A. Guillaume relates the Arabic habi’a, “the fire dies out,” applying the idea of “silent” only to v. 10 (it is a form of repetition of words with different senses, called jinas). The point here is that whatever conversation was going on would become silent or hushed to hear what Job had to say.