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Job 29:21
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
Job 29:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
Job 29:21 in other translations
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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In context
18 Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
19 My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
20 Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
21 To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
22 After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
23 And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
24 I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
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