Job 29:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ Nobles would refrain from speaking,
    covering their mouths with their hands.
¹⁰ The voices of the commanders-in-chief^[a] were hushed,
    and their tongues would cling to the roofs of their mouths.”

¹¹ “When people heard me speak, they blessed me;
    when people saw me, they approved me,