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Job 32:11
11Yes, I waited for you all to speak. I listened to your wise thoughts, as you tried to find the right words to say.
Job 32:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
- New International Version (NIV)I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.
Context of Job 32:11
9Not all old people are wise. Old people do not always understand what is right. 10So I say, “Listen to me. I too will explain what I know.” Yes, I waited for you all to speak. I listened to your wise thoughts, as you tried to find the right words to say. 12I listened carefully to you, as you argued with Job. But none of you could show Job that he was wrong. None of you was able to answer his problems. 13So do not say, “We are wise.” Do not say, “God must show Job that he is wrong. People cannot do that.”
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הֵ֤ן הוֹחַ֨לְתִּי לְֽדִבְרֵיכֶ֗ם אָ֭זִין עַד־תְּב֥וּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם עַֽד־תַּחְקְר֥וּן מִלִּֽין׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 32:11
- Job 32:4Elihu had waited for Job's three friends to speak before he spoke to Job himself. He waited because he was younger than them.
- Job 29:21People waited patiently to hear to my advice. They listened carefully to what I said.
- Job 5:27We have thought carefully about these things. We know that they are true. So listen to what we say. Accept it and it will be good for you.’
- Proverbs 18:17You will always believe the first person to speak in court, until the other person starts to ask him questions.
- Proverbs 28:11A rich person thinks that he knows everything. But a poor person who understands people knows what he is really like.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9The Teacher was wise man. He also taught the people to understand things. He studied many proverbs and he wrote them down carefully.
Commentaries on Job 32:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons - Instead of תבונותיכם tebunotheychem, your reasons, תכונותיכם techunotheychem, your arguments, is the reading of nine of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. The sense, however, is nearly the same. Whilst ye searched out what to say - מלין תחקרון עד ad tachkerun millin ; "Whilst ye were searching up and down for words." A fine irony, which they must have felt.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11I gave ear to your reasons - Margin, “understandings.” The meaning is, that he had given the most respectful attention to the views which they had expressed, implying that he had been all along present, and had listened to the debate. Whilst ye searched out what to say - Margin, as in Hebrew, words. It is implied here that they had bestowed much attention on what they had said. They had carefully sought out all the arguments at their command to confute…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Therefore Elihu was present from the first. reasons--literally, "understandings," that is, the meaning intended by words. whilst--I waited until you should discover a suitable reply to Job.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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