Job 32:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?

New Living Translation
Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent? Must I also remain silent?

English Standard Version
And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

Berean Study Bible
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

New American Standard Bible
“Should I wait, because they are not speaking, Because they have stopped and no longer answer?

NASB 1995
"Shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stop and no longer answer?

NASB 1977
“And shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stop and answer no more?

Amplified Bible
“And shall I wait, because they say nothing, But stand still and say no more?

Christian Standard Bible
Should I continue to wait now that they are silent, now that they stand there and no longer answer?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Should I continue to wait now that they are silent, now that they stand there and no longer answer?

Contemporary English Version
But am I to remain silent, just because you have stopped speaking?

Good News Translation
Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Should I wait because they don't speak, because they stand there and don't have any more answers?

International Standard Version
Shall I continue to wait, since they're no longer talking? After all, they're only standing there; they're no longer responding.

NET Bible
And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

New King James Version
And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.

King James 2000 Bible
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

New Heart English Bible
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

World English Bible
Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

American King James Version
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

American Standard Version
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

A Faithful Version
Shall I wait (because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more?)

Darby Bible Translation
And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; --

English Revised Version
And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?

Webster's Bible Translation
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more)

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more:)

Coverdale Bible of 1535
but in so moch as ye wil not speake, stondinge still like dom men & makinge no answere:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have waited, but they do not speak, "" For they have stood still, "" They have not answered anymore.)

Young's Literal Translation
And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

Smith's Literal Translation
And I waited, (for they will not speak, for they stood, they answered no more:)

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken : they stood, and answered no more :

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, because I have waited and they have not been speaking, for they stood firm and did not respond at all,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because they were not speaking, therefore they rose up and they did not answer him again

Lamsa Bible
They did not speak; they stood still, and answered him no more.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.
















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