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

²⁷ Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know it for your good."

²¹ "Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

²³ They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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

¹⁷ He who pleads his cause first seems right; Until another comes and questions him.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes; But the poor who has understanding sees through him.

⁹ Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.