Job 32:16

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–22

If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great refreshment to a good man, to speak for the glory of the Lord, and to edify others. And the more we consider the majesty of God, as our Maker, and the more we dread his wrath and justice, the less shall we sinfully fear or flatter men. Could we set the wrath Lord always before us, in his mercies and his terrors, we should not be moved from doing our duty in whatever we are called to do.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.