Bible verse
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Job 29:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 29.
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
KJV
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
ASV
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
ERV
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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