Ayub 32:11

32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak; ¹ 

I listened closely to your wise thoughts, ² while you were searching for words.

Ayub 36:23

36:23 Who has prescribed his ways for him?

Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?

[32:11]  ¹ tn Heb “for your words.”

[32:11]  ² tn The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension; but it also can refer to what that produces, especially when it is in the plural (see Ps 49:4). See R. Gordis, Job, 368. Others translate it “reasonings,” “arguments,” etc.