Job 29:21

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
KJV

Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.
Vulgate

ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον, ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ·
LXX

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

לִֽ/י שָׁמְע֥וּ וְ/יִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝/יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽ/י
Hebrew

In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יִדָּ֑מּוּ

ydmv

verb · 29×

יִחָֽלְתִּי

ychlty

verb · 40×

לְמוֹ

lmv

preposition · 4×

עֲצַ֥ת

'tst

verb · 90×

שִׁמְעוּ

shm'v

verb · 1157×

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Job 29:9 — The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job 32:11 — Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.