Bible verse

Job 32:16

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

Job 32:16 · BSB

Job 32:16 in context

The verses around it, from Job 32.

12 I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

13 So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

15 Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

18 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

19 Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Read all of Job 32

Job 32:16 in other translations

KJV

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)

ASV

And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

ERV

And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?

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