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Young men saw me and stepped aside,
and the aged rose up and stood.
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.

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Footnotes

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

the young men saw me and stepped aside(A)
    and the old men rose to their feet;(B)
the chief men refrained from speaking(C)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(D)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(E)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(F)

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