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Officials refrained from talking,
and they laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The voices[a] of nobles were hushed,
and their tongue stuck to their palate.
11 “When the ear heard and commended me,
and the eye saw and testified in support of me

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  1. Job 29:10 Hebrew “voice”; collective singular by context, governing a plural verb

the chief men refrained from speaking(A)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(B)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(C)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(D)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,(E)

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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

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