Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
KJV
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken,.... Made an end of speaking, until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended",
Job 31:40
, and waited likewise until his three friends had said all they had to say, and which is here supposed and implied, as appears by what follows:
because they were elder than he; it may be added, from the original text, "in", or "as two days" (l); they had lived longer in the world than he, and therefore did not take upon him to speak till they had done; he, as became a young man, was swift to hear, and slow to speak; that they were old men, appears from what Eliphaz says,
Job 15:10
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(l) "diebus", Beza, Montanus, Mercerus; "quod ad dies", Schultens.
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