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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
12 because I saved the needy who cried for help,
and I saved[b] the orphan for whom there was no helper.

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  1. Job 29:10 Hebrew “voice”; collective singular by context, governing a plural verb
  2. Job 29:12 Supplying the elided verb from the preceding parallel line

10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(A)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(B)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,(C)
12 because I rescued the poor(D) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless(E) who had none to assist them.(F)

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