Job 32:16
Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
In Context
15“They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
17I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
Cross References
Job 13:5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent 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 →