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Job 29:21

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Job’s Reputation

29:21“People37 listened to me and waited silently;38

they kept silent for my advice.

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Footnotes

  1. 37 “People” is supplied; the verb is plural.
  2. 38 The last verb of the first half, “wait, hope,” and the first verb in the second colon, “be silent,” are usually reversed by the commentators (see G. R. Driver, “Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” 3 [1955]: 86). But if “wait” has the idea of being silent as they wait for him to speak, then the second line would say they were silent for the reason of his advice. The reading of the is not impossible.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Men listened to me and waited

and kept silence for my counsel.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“People listened to me expectantly,

waiting in silence for my counsel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Men listened to me with expectation,

waiting silently for my advice.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Everyone listened to my advice.

They were silent as they waited for me to speak.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“They listened to me and waited,

and they kept silent for my counsel.

KJV 1900King James Version

Unto me men gave ear, and waited,

And kept silence at my counsel.