Job 32:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:5 : 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
  • Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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  • Job 29:21-23
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    21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

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  • Job 32:17
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    17I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.

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    9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

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  • 2 Sam 22:42
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    42They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

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    31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

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    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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    3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

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    41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

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    5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

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    22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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    15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

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    7And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.