Job 32:11 BSB — MannaFest

Job 32:11

Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

KJV

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I gave ear to your reasons - Margin, “understandings.” The meaning is, that he had given the most respectful attention to the views which they had expressed, implying that he had been all along present, and had listened to the debate. Whilst ye searched out what to say - Margin, as in Hebrew, words. It is implied here that they had bestowed much attention on what they had said. They had carefully sought out all the arguments at their command to confute Job, and still had been unsuccessful.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Therefore Elihu was present from the first. reasons--literally, "understandings," that is, the meaning intended by words. whilst--I waited until you should discover a suitable reply to Job.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֤ן	hen	here!	H2005 →
הוֹחַ֨לְתִּי	ho.Chal.ti	I waited	H3176 →
לְֽדִבְרֵיכֶ֗ם	le.div.rei.Khem	for words your	H1697 →
אָ֭זִין	'A.zin	I gave ear	H238 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
תְּב֥וּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם	te.Vu.no.tei.Khem	understanding<s> your	H8394 →
עַֽד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
תַּחְקְר֥וּן	tach.ke.Run	you searched for !	H2713 →
מִלִּֽין׃	mi.Lin	words	H4405 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 18:17
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:13
  He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 24:12–13
  Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- 2 Samuel 19:24–27
  Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the…
Through
Job 29:21
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
leads to
- Job 32:11–12
  Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 29:9–10
  The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Through
Job 29:23
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
leads to
- Hosea 6:3
  So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water…
- Psalms 72:6
  May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
- Zechariah 10:1
  Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job