Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"But insomuch as ye will not speak, standing still like dumb men, and making no answer:

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

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.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; --

Julia Smith Translation

And I waited, (for they will not speak, for they stood, they answered no more:)

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand [there] [and] no longer answer.

Modern King James verseion

Shall I wait because you do not speak, because they stand still, answering no more?

NET Bible

And I have waited. But 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?

The Emphasized Bible

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

Webster

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?

Youngs Literal Translation

And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

not, but stood still
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

and answered
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

References

Watsons

Job

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends

15 For they where so abashed that they could not make answer, nor speak one word. 16 "But insomuch as ye will not speak, standing still like dumb men, and making no answer: 17 I have a good hope for my part to shape him an answer, and to show him my meaning.



Cross References

Job 13:5

Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!

Proverbs 17:28

Yea, a very fool, when he holdeth his tongue, is counted wise; and to have understanding, when he shutteth his lips.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the wise must now be fain to hold his tongue, so wicked a time is it.

James 1:19

Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.

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