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

²⁷ Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

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

²³ And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide `as' for the latter rain.

⁴ Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

¹⁷ He that pleadeth his cause first `seemeth' just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, `and' set in order many proverbs.

¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, `even' words of truth.