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Job 32:4 KJV
Job · chapter 32 · verse 4
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.Job 32:4 · King James Version
Job 32:4 in context
2Then 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.
3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- waitedchâkâhproperly, to adhere toH2442 →
- spokendâbâra wordH1697 →
- ElihuʼĔlîyhûwElihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three IsraelitesH453 →
- elderzâqênoldH2205 →
- JobʼÎyôwbIjob, the patriarch famous for his patienceH347 →
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Usually young men are the disputants and old men the moderators; but here, when old men were the disputants, as a rebuke to them for their unbecoming heat, a young man is raised up to be the moderator. Divers of Job's friends were present, that came to visit him and to receive instruction. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5