²¹ "Men listened to me, 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 stuck to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹ "Behold, I waited for your words, And I listened for your reasoning, While you searched out what to say.

¹² Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Job, Or who answered his words, among you.