Job 32:4
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Job 32:4 in other translations
| BSB | Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. |
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| WEB | Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he. |
| ASV | Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he. |
| YLT | And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days. |
| DARBY | But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he. |
| BBE | Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he; |
| Webster | Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were older than he. |
What does Job 32:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 32:1-6
Job 32:1-37:24. Speech of Elihu. 1-6. Prose (poetry begins with "I am young"). because, &c.--and because they could not prove to him that he was unrighteous.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 32:1-5
Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Elihu was displeased with Job's friends because they had not been candid to Job. Seldom is a quarrel begun, more seldom is a quarrel carried on, in which there are not faults on both sides. Those that seek for truth, must not…
Job 32:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 32:4
- Job 32:11-12
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
- Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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Context
- Job 32:3
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 32:4
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
- Job 32:5
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
Job 32:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Eliú había esperado á Job en la disputa, porque eran más viejos de días que él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Élihu avait attendu que Job ait cessé de parler, parce qu’ils étaient plus avancés en jours que lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber Elihu hatte auf Hiob gewartet mit Reden, weil jene älter an Jahren waren als er. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Igitur Eliu expectavit Job loquentem, eo quod seniores essent qui loquebantur. |