Job 32:16
And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
In Context
15They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.
17I also will answer my part, I also will declare mine opinion.
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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 →