Job 32:4

(Now Elihu had wayted til Iob had spoken: for they were more ancient in yeeres then he)

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Also his anger was kindled against his three friends, because they could not finde an answere, and yet condemned Iob.

5So when Elihu saw, that there was none answere in the mouth of the three men, his wrath was kindled.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.

Proverbs 18:13He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.

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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