Job 32:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

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

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

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⁴ Elihu had waited while Job spoke, for they were older than he.

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⁴ Therefore, Eliu waited while Job was talking, for these were his elders that were speaking.

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If one gives answer before hearing, it is folly and shame.

he was angry also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, though they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry.

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to keep silent and a time to speak;