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Job 32:16

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32:16And I have waited.37 But because they do not speak,

because they stand there and answer no more,

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Footnotes

  1. 37 Some commentators take this as a question: “And shall [or must] I wait because they do not speak?” (A. B. Davidson, R. Gordis). But this is not convincing because the silence of the friends is the reason for him to speak, not to wait.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And shall I wait, because they do not speak,

because they stand there, and answer no more?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Must I wait, now that they are silent,

now that they stand there with no reply?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,

now that they stand there and no longer answer?

NLTNew Living Translation

Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent?

Must I also remain silent?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I have waited because they do not speak,

because they stand there and no longer answer.

KJV 1900King James Version

When I had waited, (for they spake not,

But stood still, and answered no more;)