Job 32:15
13 So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- KJV
- They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
- WEB
- “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
- ASV
- They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.
- DARBY
- They were amazed, they answered no more; words failed them.
- BLB
- They are dismayed, [and] do not answer anymore; the words have gone away from them.
- ÅB
- De er forferdet og svarer ikke mere; ordene er blitt borte for dem.
- OTB
- De er forvirret og har sluttet å svare;
ordene har forlatt dem. - B1930
- De er forferdet og svarer ikke mere; ordene er blitt borte for dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 22:34
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
Read in contextJob 29:22
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Read in contextMatthew 22:46
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
Read in contextMatthew 22:26
The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
Read in contextMatthew 7:23
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Read in contextJob 6:24–25
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
Read in contextMatthew 22:22
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
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