Job 32:11

World English Bible (2000)

"Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:27 : 27 Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
  • Job 29:21 : 21 "Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
  • Job 29:23 : 23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
  • Job 32:4 : 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
  • Prov 18:17 : 17 He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
  • Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

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