Wisdom 8:12
Good News Translation
When I am silent, they will wait for me to speak, and when I speak, they will pay attention. Even when I speak at length, they will listen with concentration.

New Revised Standard Version
When I am silent they will wait for me, and when I speak they will give heed; if I speak at greater length, they will put their hands on their mouths.

Contemporary English Version
They will wait for my opinion, then listen when I speak, and they will be amazed at my marvelous speeches.

New American Bible
They will wait while I am silent and listen when I speak; and when I shall speak the more, they will put their hands upon their mouths.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth.

Wisdom 8:10
For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:

Wisdom 8:11
And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.

Wisdom 8:13
Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.

Wisdom 8:14
I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me.

Context
Wisdom 8
11And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me. 12They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth. 13Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.…
Cross References
Wisdom 8:10
For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:

Wisdom 8:11
And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.

Wisdom 8:13
Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.

Wisdom 8:14
I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 8:11
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