Job 32:4

4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.

Job 32:4 in Other Translations

4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.

4 Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.

4 Elihu had waited with Job while they spoke because they were all older than he.

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

4 Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were [all] older than he.

4 Elihu had waited before he spoke to Job. That's because the others were older than he was.

Job 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.

Job 32:4 In-Context

2 But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

3 He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.

5 But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.

6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: “I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 19:32