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Job Chapter 32 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Job 32:16

And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
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BBE Job 32:16

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?
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DARBY Job 32:16

And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; --
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KJV Job 32:16

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
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WBT Job 32:16

When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
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WEB Job 32:16

Shall I wait, because they don't speak, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
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YLT Job 32:16

And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - When I had waited (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more); rather, as in the Revised Version, and shall 1 wait because they speak not, because they stand still and answer no more? Am I to wait until they shall have recovered themselves, and found something to answer? Surely this is not necessary. Neither courtesy nor etiquette prescribes it. Especially when I have waited so long, and have so much to say, and am so exceedingly anxious to say it (see vers. 18-20). Elihu shows all the impatience and ardour of a young speaker (see ver. 6), and feels the confidence that young men so often feel in the wisdom and persuasiveness of their words (comp. Job 33:1-6).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) When I had waited.--Or, as some render it, "And shall I wait because they speak not?" But they stand still and make no further reply.