Job 32:16 · KJV
“When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, {and} answered no more;)”
— Job 32:16
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. {left...: Heb. removed speeches from themselves}
{I said}, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Job 32 — Context
Now he hath not directed {his} words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. {directed: or, ordered}
15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. {left...: Heb. removed speeches from themselves}
16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, {and} answered no more;)
17{I said}, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. {matter: Heb. words} {spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly}
Cross References
Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: {and} he that shutteth his lips {is esteemed} a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.