Job 32:16
Should I continue to wait since you're no longer talking, just standing there saying nothing?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
In Context
15You sit there speechless with nothing left to say.
17No—now I'll give my answer too. I'll tell you what I know.
Cross References
Job 13:5I wish you would all be quiet! That would be the wisest thing for you to do.
Amos 5:13So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:16-22
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me… Read the whole commentary →