Job 32:16
Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 13:5 : 5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
- Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
- Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- Jas 1:19 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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10 Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
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- Job 29:21-233 verses78%
21 "Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
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17 I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
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21 But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."
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- Job 32:4-52 verses71%
4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
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9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
- Job 33:31-333 verses71%
31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
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- Ps 38:13-142 verses71%
13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
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20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
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2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
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28 When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
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41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
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5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
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16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.
17 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
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16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
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20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
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5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
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1 Then Job answered,
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3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
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15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.
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12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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6 They couldn't answer him regarding these things.
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14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
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19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
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15 Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of Yahweh? let it come now.
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5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.
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7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God."