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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.”

Job Remembers His Acts of Kindness

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:10 Lit. Nagidim; i.e. senior officers entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority

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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