¹¹ I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

²⁷ See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

²¹ Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.

²³ They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.

⁴ Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

¹⁷ The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

¹¹ The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

⁹ And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

¹⁰ The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.