Job 32:11

Look, I waited for you to speak; ¹  I listened closely to your wise thoughts, ² while you were searching for words.

biblegateway Job 32:11

I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,

biblegateway Job 32:11

"Behold, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, While you pondered what to say.

biblegateway Job 32:11

"I have waited all this time, listening very carefully to your arguments, listening to you grope for words.

biblegateway Job 32:11

"I hung on your words while you spoke, listened carefully to your arguments. While you searched for the right words,

SABDAweb Job 32:11

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

bibleoremus Job 32:11

"See, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.

biblegateway Job 32:11

Indeed I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.

biblegateway Job 32:11

Look, I waited for you to speak; ¹  I listened closely to your wise thoughts, ² while you were searching for words.

¹ tn Heb “for your words.”

² tn The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension; but it also can refer to what that produces, especially when it is in the plural (see Ps 49:4). See R. Gordis, Job, 368. Others translate it “reasonings,” “arguments,” etc.