Job 32:16

16 And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.

Job 32:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 32:16

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.

Job 32:16 In-Context

14 Now he has not directed his words against me; So I will not answer him with your words.

15 "They are dismayed and answer no more; Words escape them.

16 And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.

17 I also will answer my part, I too will declare my opinion.

18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me compels me.