Protestantism
English
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)
When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more)
And shall I wait because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?
And I waited, (for they did not speak, but stopped, [and] answered no more);
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand there and no longer answer.
Shall I wait because they do not speak, because they stand, not answering again?
Shall I wait because you do not speak, because they stand still, answering no more?
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Catholicism
English
Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken: they stood, and answered no more:
Therefore, because I have waited and they have not been speaking, for they stood firm and did not respond at all,1
- 32:16The word ‘steterunt’ in this context does not refer to standing, but to remaining or persevering, i.e. ‘they stood firm’ in their refusal to respond. Notice that Eliu is now addressing Job, so that he calls the others ‘they.’ The previous verse, 32:15, is not a quote of Eliu speaking, but is used to separate the section where Eliu addresses the three men from the section where Eliu addresses Job.(Conte)