Job 32:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 he hears, it is his folly and shame.

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

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

“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;