Job 29:21
To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
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- Job 29:9-9 : 9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. 10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
- Job 32:11-12 : 11 Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings. 12 And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, `Or' answerer of his sayings among you.
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22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
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24 I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
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15 (They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.
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10 Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.
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- Job 29:8-114 verses75%
8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.
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10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
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31 Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
- Ps 39:1-22 verses74%
1 To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked `is' before me.'
2 I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
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33 If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.
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34 Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.
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13 And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
14 Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
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2 Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
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24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
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1 Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on `to' power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together -- to judgment we draw near.'
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28 Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
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28 And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:
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5 O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
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3 When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
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5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
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2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
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17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
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17 Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
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1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
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12 And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
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16 And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
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11 A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.
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28 He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid `it' upon him.
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3 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
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13 and after they are silent, James answered, saying, `Men, brethren, hearken to me;
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34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
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24 Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
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9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.