Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So Eliu waited while Job was speaking because they were his elders that were speaking. waited till Job had spoken. Job 32:11,12 For I have waited for your words, I have given ear to your wisdom, as long as you were disputing in words. . . . Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion. elder. Context Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends…3And he was angry with his friends, because they had not found a reasonable answer, but only had condemned Job. 4So Eliu waited while Job was speaking because they were his elders that were speaking.5But when he saw that the three were not able to answer, he was exceedingly angry.… Cross References Lexicon Now Elihuוֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּ (we·’ĕ·lî·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 453: Elihu -- 'He is (my) God', five Israelites had waited חִכָּ֣ה (ḥik·kāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2442: To adhere to, to await to speak בִּדְבָרִ֑ים (biḏ·ḇā·rîm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause to Job אִ֭יּוֹב (’î·yō·wḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 347: Job -- a patriarch because כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the others הֵ֖מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They were older זְֽקֵנִים־ (zə·qê·nîm-) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old than he. מִמֶּ֣נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of Additional Translations Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he. But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he. But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he. Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he. Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were older than he. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he. And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days. Jump to Previous Earnestly Elder Elihu Eli'hu Finished Job Kept Older Quiet Speak Speaking Talking Waited WordsJump to Next Earnestly Elder Elihu Eli'hu Finished Job Kept Older Quiet Speak Speaking Talking Waited WordsLinks Job 32:4 NIVJob 32:4 NLT Job 32:4 ESV Job 32:4 NASB Job 32:4 KJV Job 32:4 Bible Apps Job 32:4 Biblia Paralela Job 32:4 Chinese Bible Job 32:4 French Bible Job 32:4 German Bible Alphabetical: because before Elihu had he Job Now older speak speaking than they to waited were years OT Poetry: Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |