They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

Shall I continue to wait, since they're no longer talking? After all, they're only standing there; they're no longer responding.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

“Wait for me a little, and I will show you
That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

When they crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?

to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye for them.

As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work:

He rent in his anger, and he will lie in wait for me, gnashing upon me with his teeth; mine enemy will sharpen his eyes against me.

Thou wilt turn to be cruel to me: with the strength of thy hand thou wilt lie in wait for me.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth their young among the stony rocks? Or layest thou wait when the hinds use to fawn?

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings.