Job 32:16
And should I wait [longer], because they cannot speak, because they stand stilt and answer no more?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
In Context
15They are dismayed, they answer no more: words have escaped away from them.
17[But] I also will surely answer my part, I myself also will show forth what I know;
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
Amos 5:13Therefore will the intelligent keep silence in that 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 →