Job 32:4

Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

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

In Context

3And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was very angry.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:32Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Proverbs 18:13To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

Matthew Henry on Job 32:2-6

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there… Read the whole commentary →

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