Job 32:4
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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
Job 32:3
And he was angry with his friends, because they had not found a reasonable answer, but only had condemned Job.

Job 32:5
But when he saw that the three were not able to answer, he was exceedingly angry.

Lexicon
Now Elihu
וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּ (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.
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