²¹ To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

⁹ Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

¹⁰ The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

¹¹ Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings.

¹² And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, `Or' answerer of his sayings among you.