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
Because they
King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Holman Bible
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 32:16
Verse Info
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.
Phrases
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.