Job 32:16
New International Version
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?

New Living Translation
Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent? Must I also remain silent?

English Standard Version
And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

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

King James Bible
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

New King James Version
And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.

New American Standard Bible
“Should I wait, because they are not speaking, Because they have stopped and no longer answer?

NASB 1995
“Shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stop and no longer answer?

NASB 1977
“And shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stop and answer no more?

Legacy Standard Bible
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stand still and no longer answer?

Amplified Bible
“And shall I wait, because they say nothing, But stand still and say no more?

Christian Standard Bible
Should I continue to wait now that they are silent, now that they stand there and no longer answer?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Should I continue to wait now that they are silent, now that they stand there and no longer answer?

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they were not speaking, therefore they rose up and they did not answer him again

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.

Contemporary English Version
But am I to remain silent, just because you have stopped speaking?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken : they stood, and answered no more :

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Should I wait because they don't speak, because they stand there and don't have any more answers?

Good News Translation
Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.

International Standard Version
Shall I continue to wait, since they're no longer talking? After all, they're only standing there; they're no longer responding.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

Literal Standard Version
And I have waited, but they do not speak, | For they have stood still, | They have not answered anymore.)

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

New American Bible
Must I wait? Now that they speak no more, and have ceased to make reply,

NET Bible
And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

New Revised Standard Version
And am I to wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

New Heart English Bible
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

Webster's Bible Translation
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

World English Bible
Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

Young's Literal Translation
And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

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Context
Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends
15Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them. 16Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply? 17I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.…

Cross References
Job 32:15
Job's friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

Job 32:17
I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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Job 32
1. Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends
6. Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth
11. He reproves them for not satisfying Job
16. His zeal to speak














(16) When I had waited.--Or, as some render it, "And shall I wait because they speak not?" But they stand still and make no further reply.

Verse 16. - When I had waited (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more); rather, as in the Revised Version, and shall 1 wait because they speak not, because they stand still and answer no more? Am I to wait until they shall have recovered themselves, and found something to answer? Surely this is not necessary. Neither courtesy nor etiquette prescribes it. Especially when I have waited so long, and have so much to say, and am so exceedingly anxious to say it (see vers. 18-20). Elihu shows all the impatience and ardour of a young speaker (see ver. 6), and feels the confidence that young men so often feel in the wisdom and persuasiveness of their words (comp. Job 33:1-6).

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Hebrew
Must I wait
וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי (wə·hō·w·ḥal·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope

now that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they are silent,
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

now that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they stand
עָ֝מְד֗וּ (‘ā·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

and no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

longer
עֽוֹד׃ (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

reply?
עָ֥נוּ (‘ā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond


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