Job 32:16

Job chapter 32 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

v.16This passage

v.17I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
Job 13:5
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
Amos 5:13
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
James 1:19
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: