Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:16
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)
16 17. Job 32:16 is most naturally to be taken as a question,
16. And shall I wait because they speak not,
Because they stand still and answer no more?
17. I will answer also my part, &c.
The discomfiture and silence of the three friends shall not have the effect of imposing silence on him.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 16. When I had waited] I waited to hear if they had any thing to reply to Job; and when I found them in effect speechless, then I ventured to come forward.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Which he repeats as a strange and unreasonable thing, that they should be silent when they had such obligations to speak for the vindication both of Gods justice, and of their own truth and reputation.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
When one had waited,…. To observe whether they would make any reply to what he had said, or any objection to his engaging in the controversy:
for they spake not; were as mute as fishes:
but stood still; like statues, had no power to move, neither to sit down nor to depart, but were as if all life, sense, and motion, were gone from them:
[and] answered no more; or not at all; for it does not appear that they had given him any answer before, as well as not now.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) When I had waited.Or, as some render it, And shall I wait because they speak not? But they stand still and make no further reply.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
16. When I had waited This may be regarded as a question. Should I wait because they speak not, because they stand still? etc.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)
Ver. 16. When I had waited, for they spake not, but stood still ] Or, Seeing I have waited, but they have not spoken, &c. Nothing appears but a dumb show, a deep silence, such as Elihu much marvelled at, and therefore setteth it forth in many words, all to one purpose. See Job 32:15 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Job 13:5, Pro 17:28, Amo 5:13, Jam 1:19
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