“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
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“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
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Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
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Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Job 32:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 5:27 Look at this. We have searched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
- Job 29:21 “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
- Job 29:23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
- Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
- Proverbs 18:17 He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
- Proverbs 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9-10 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To prove that Job’s affliction came for his sins.
To prove that Job’s affliction came for his sins.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I…
Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Ver. 11. Behold, I waited for your words] While you had anything to say I was silent, and no way troublesome or obstreperous. This he speaketh to Job’s friends, who had free liberty to speak while they would without interruption; and should, therefore, now be content to hear (though perhaps what they would not) if God thereby might be glorified, and Job better convinced.
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I gave ear to your reasons] Heb. To your understandings. Usque ad intelligentias vestras, to the utmost of your best arguments and most elaborated demonstrations, Ut cum dicitur, Redite usque ad me, Joe 2:12; for the which you has eviscerated your brains, and well nigh cracked your sconces, but all to no purpose; since you hover in generals; and, declining that which was the main matter in question (like lapwings, that cry farthest off from the nest), you brought only such reasons as were not cogent, and used such discourses as did nec coelum, nec terram attingere, to touch neither heave nor earth, never come at the business; which was no better than laborious loss of time.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I waited with silence, and patience, and diligent attention;…
I waited with silence, and patience, and diligent attention; which therefore I now expect from you.
Your reasons; or, reasonings, Heb. understandings; or mind’s; the depth and strength of your discourses, your most intelligent and forcible arguments against Job; I searched and examined them to the bottom.
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Whilst ye searched out what to say; whilst you put your inventions upon the rack, and studied to find out all that could be said against him, and to furnish yourselves with the most convincing words and reasons.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, I waited for your words,.... With great desire,…
Behold, I waited for your words,.... With great desire, with great eagerness and earnestness, in hope of meeting with arguments fully satisfying and convincing; he waited for them, as for the rain, and the latter rain, to be revived, refreshed, and edified therewith; and he patiently waited until they had done speaking:
I gave ear to your reasons, or "understandings" (r); endeavoured to get into the sense and meaning of their words; not only attended to what they did say, but to what he thought they meant to say: some are not so happy in their expressions; and yet, by what they do say, with close attention it may be understood what they aim at, what is their drift and design; this Elihu was careful to attain unto, not barely to hear their words, but penetrate, if possible, into their meaning:
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whilst ye searched out what to say; for they did not make their replies to Job immediately, and say what came uppermost at once, but they took time to think of things, and to search out for the most forcible arguments to refute Job, and strengthen their cause; it is very probable they made a pause at the end of every speech of Job's, and considered what was proper to be said in reply, and, perhaps, consulted each other.
(r) "usque ad intellignetias vestras", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Schultens; "usque ad sensa vestra", Beza, Junius & Tremellius.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. I waited for your words; I gave…
Verse 11. I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons] Instead of תבונותיכם tebunotheychem, your reasons, תכונותיכם techunotheychem, your arguments, is the reading of nine of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. The sense, however, is nearly the same.
Whilst ye searched out what to say.] עד תחקרון מלין ad tachkerun millin; "Whilst ye were searching up and down for words." A fine irony, which they must have felt.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 32:11. Behold, I waited for your words —…
Job 32:11. Behold, I waited for your words — With silence, patience, and diligent attention, which therefore I now expect from you. I gave ear to your reasons — Or, reasonings; Hebrew, תבונותיכם, tebunotheichem, your understandings, or minds; the depth and strength of your discourses; your most intelligent and forcible arguments against Job. While you searched out what to say — While you put your inventions upon the rack, and studied to find out all that could be said against him, and to furnish yourselves with the most convincing words and reasons.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I gave ear to your reasons - Margin, “understandings.”…
I gave ear to your reasons - Margin, “understandings.” The meaning is, that he had given the most respectful attention to the views which they had expressed, implying that he had been all along present, and had listened to the debate.
Whilst ye searched out what to say - Margin, as in Hebrew, words. It is implied here that they had bestowed much attention on what they had said. They had carefully sought out all the arguments at their command to confute Job, and still had been unsuccessful.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Disputing. Hebrew, "searching out words," or arguments. (Haydock)
Disputing. Hebrew, "searching out words," or arguments. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Therefore Elihu was present from the first.
Therefore Elihu was present from the first.
reasons--literally, "understandings," that is, the meaning intended by words.
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whilst--I waited until you should discover a suitable reply to Job.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. I gave ear to your reasons] Or, I…
11. I gave ear to your reasons] Or, I listened for your reasons, until ye should search out what to say. The meaning seems to be that Elihu looked for further and different arguments from the three friends.
11–14. Elihu, directly addressing the three friends, states more clearly his reasons for taking upon him to speak: he had hoped to hear them confute Job, and was disappointed in their arguments; Job may be shewn to be in the wrong, though with different arguments from those they had employed. In Elihu’s opinion the cause of the three friends was much better than their advocacy of it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Behold, I waited for your words; i.e. "I was…
Behold, I waited for your words; i.e. "I was full of expectation; I waited impatiently to hear what you would say." Then, while you spoke, I gave ear to your reasons or, your reasonings; I did my best to apprehend your meaning whilst ye searched out what to say. Professor Lee translates, "whilst ye examined Job"s conclusions; but the Authorized Version is probably correct. Elihu means that he listened carefully while the friends hunted out all the arguments they could think of in order to confute Job.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Elihu uses this word here to draw the mens'…
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Elihu uses this word here to draw the mens' attention to what he says next. AT: "Listen"
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I waited for your words
"I waited to hear what you would say." The word "your" refers to Job's friends. (See: Forms of You)
who could respond to his words
Here the word "respond" does not just mean to answer, but to answer with a helpful response.
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