²¹ Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

⁹ The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

¹⁰ The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹ Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

¹² Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.