Job 29:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Men listened to me and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

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  • Job 29:9-9 : 9 The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths. 10 The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
  • Job 32:11-12 : 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I listened to your reasoning while you sought what to say. 12 Yes, I paid attention to you, and behold, there was none of you who convinced Job or who answered his words.

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    3 verses
    81%

    22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech fell gently upon them.

    23 They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.

    24 If I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; and the light of my countenance they did not cast down.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 They were amazed; they answered no more; they stopped speaking.

    16 When I had waited, for they did not speak but stood still and answered no more,

  • Job 32:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10 Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.

    11 Behold, I waited for your words; I listened to your reasoning while you sought what to say.

    12 Yes, I paid attention to you, and behold, there was none of you who convinced Job or who answered his words.

  • Job 29:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8 The young men saw me and hid themselves; even the aged arose and stood.

    9 The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths.

    10 The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

    11 When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

  • Job 33:31
    74%

    31 Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

    2 I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 33:33
    73%

    33 If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom.

  • Job 34:34
    72%

    34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

  • Isa 28:23
    71%

    23 Give ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.

  • Ps 38:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

    14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no responses.

  • Eccl 9:17
    70%

    17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Job 34:2
    70%

    2 Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Prov 7:24
    70%

    24 Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  • Isa 41:1
    70%

    1 Keep silent before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

  • Prov 17:28
    70%

    28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  • Isa 41:28
    70%

    28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

  • Jer 18:19
    70%

    19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

  • Job 13:5-6
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    70%

    5 Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

    6 Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long.

  • Job 21:5
    69%

    5 Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 21:2
    69%

    2 Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.

  • Prov 22:17
    69%

    17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Job 13:17
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    17 Listen diligently to my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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    1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

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    12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.

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    1 Listen, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Job 34:16
    68%

    16 If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33 But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.

  • Prov 4:20
    68%

    20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Isa 36:21
    68%

    21 But they held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king's order was, Do not answer him.

  • Job 13:19
    68%

    19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Prov 29:11
    68%

    11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Job 33:1
    68%

    1 Therefore, Job, I beg you, listen to my speeches, and pay attention to all my words.

  • Lam 3:28
    68%

    28 He sits alone and keeps silent, because He has laid it on him.

  • Isa 32:3
    68%

    3 And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

  • Acts 15:13
    68%

    13 And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, listen to me:

  • Job 31:34
    68%

    34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door?

  • Job 6:24
    68%

    24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Ps 39:9
    68%

    9 I was silent, and did not open my mouth, because you did it.

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