God’s Word Translation
Job 32:11
11I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words.
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
9People do not become wise merely because they live long. They don’t understand what justice is merely because they’re old. 10“That is why I say, ‘Listen to me! Let me tell you what I know.’ I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words. 12I’ve paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says. 13So don’t say, ‘We’ve found wisdom. Let God, not humans, defeat him.’
Read all of Job 32Job 32:11 word by word
הֵ֤ן הוֹחַ֨לְתִּי לְֽדִבְרֵיכֶ֗ם אָ֭זִין עַד־תְּב֥וּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם עַֽד־תַּחְקְר֥וּן מִלִּֽין׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 32:11
- Job 32:4Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.
- Job 29:21“People listened to me eagerly, quietly waiting for my advice.
- Job 5:27“We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself.”
- Proverbs 18:17The first to state his case seems right ⌞until⌟ his neighbor comes to cross-examine him.
- Proverbs 28:11A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a poor person with understanding sees right through him.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9Besides being wise, the spokesman also taught the people what he knew. He very carefully thought about it, studied it, and arranged it in many proverbs.
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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