Yuēbó 32:4

4 Yǐlì hù yào yǔ Yuēbó shuōhuà , jiù dĕnghòu tāmen , yīnwei tāmen bǐ zìjǐ nián lǎo .

Yuēbó 32:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 32:4

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken
Made an end of speaking, until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended", ( Job 31:40 ) : and waited likewise until his three friends had said all they had to say, and which is here supposed and implied, as appears by what follows:

because they [were] elder than he;
it may be added, from the original text, "in", or "as two days" ^F12; they had lived longer in the world than he, and therefore did not take upon him to speak till they had done; he, as became a young man, was swift to hear, and slow to speak; that they were old men, appears from what Eliphaz says, ( Job 15:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Mymyl) "diebus", Beza, Montanus, Mercerus; "quod ad dies", Schultens.

Yuēbó 32:4 In-Context

2 Nàshí yǒu bù xī rén , lán zú Bālā jiā de érzi , Yǐlì hù xiàng Yuēbó fānù . yīn Yuēbó zì yǐwéi yì , bú yǐ shén wèi yì .

3 Tā yòu xiàng Yuēbó de sān gè péngyou fānù . yīnwei tāmen xiǎng bù chū huídá de huà lái , réng yǐ Yuēbó wèi yǒu zuì .

4 Yǐlì hù yào yǔ Yuēbó shuōhuà , jiù dĕnghòu tāmen , yīnwei tāmen bǐ zìjǐ nián lǎo .

5 Yǐlì hù jiàn zhè sān gèrén kǒu zhōng wú huà huídá , jiù nùqì fā zuò .

6 Bùxī rén , Bālā jiā de érzi , Yǐlì hù huídá shuō , wǒ niánqīng , nǐmen lǎomaì . yīncǐ wǒ tuì ràng , bù gǎn xiàng nǐmen chénshuō wǒde yìjiàn .