🌪️WEB · Job 32:16

What does Job 32:16 mean?

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

— Job 32:16 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

13

Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;’

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.

19

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

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