the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Job 29:21
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- HolmanParallel Translations
"Everyone listened to my advice. They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
"People listened to me carefully and waited quietly for my advice.
"People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.
To me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
"Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
"They listened to me and waited And kept silent for my counsel.
"Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.
Thei, that herden me, abiden my sentence; and thei weren ententif, and weren stille to my counsel.
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Everyone listened in silence to my welcome advice,
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
"People would listen to me; they waited and were silent when I gave advice.
Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
"In the past people listened to me. They waited quietly for my advice.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Unto me men gaue eare, and waited, and kept silence at my counsell.
"Men listened to me and waited. They were quiet so they could hear my words of wisdom.
"They listened to me, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.
Men listened to me, and waited, and hearkened to my counsel.
When I gave advice, people were silent and listened carefully to what I said;
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.
"Men listened to me, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Unto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell.
Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
Men listened to me with expectation,waiting silently for my advice.
"Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
"They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
They listened to me and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
Vnto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, & wt sylence they taried for my coucell.
"Men and women listened when I spoke, hung expectantly on my every word. After I spoke, they'd be quiet, taking it all in. They welcomed my counsel like spring rain, drinking it all in. When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; their faces lit up, their troubles took wing! I was their leader, establishing the mood and setting the pace by which they lived. Where I led, they followed."
"To me they listened and waited, And they kept silent for my advice.
"Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
"To me they listened and waited,And kept silent for my counsel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gave ear: Job 29:9, Job 29:10, Job 32:11, Job 32:12
Reciprocal: Job 19:9 - stripped Proverbs 10:21 - feed
Cross-References
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord .
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Unto me [men] gave ear,.... Or give ear, or shall give ear, being all ear; all attention to him, listening to what he said with the utmost diligence and earnestness; even all sorts of men, high and low, rich and poor, princes, nobles, and common people; this they had done, and Job concluded they still would do the same; see Job 29:9;
and waited; patiently, without any weariness, with pleasure and delight, without giving any interruption, or wishing his discourse was ended; and though continuing ever so long, were not impatient until it was finished:
and kept silence at my counsel; which was the thing waited for, and which when given, it was to the highest satisfaction; they acquiesced in it, and showed their approbation of it by their silence, not having anything to object to it, any alteration to be made in it, or any thing to be added to it; but being so complete and full, they were ready to take it at once, and act according to it; Job's counsel being like that of Ahithophel, which was as the oracle of God, 2 Samuel 16:23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Unto me men gave ear - Job here returns to the time when he sat in the assembly of counsellors, and to the respectful attention which was paid to all that he said. They listened when he spoke; they waited for him to speak before they gave their opinion; and they were then silent. They neither interrupted him nor attempted a reply.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:21. Unto me men gave ear — The same idea as in Job 29:9-11.