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Job 32:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more? "

Job 32:16

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14 for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

15 “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.

16 Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

17 I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.

18 For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

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Job 32:1

"So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes."

Job 32:2

"Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God."

Job 32:3

"Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job."

Job 32:4

"Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he."

Job 32:5

"When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled."

Job 32:6

"Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion."

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