Job 29:21

Job’s Former Blessings · Job 29:1–25
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Translations

Modern
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Traditional
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Literal
They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
Latin
Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.

Original

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

Notes

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Silence