Job 29:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

KJV

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

WEB

“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

ASV

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

LSV

They have listened to me, || Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

YLT

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

DBY

Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

DRC

They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

GNV

Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.

JPS

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

LXXE

Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον, ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 32:11–12Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words, I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
• Job 29:9–10The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands. The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

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