4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.
4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
4 Elihu had waited with Job while they spoke because they were all older than he.
4 Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job.
4 Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 32:4
Commentary on Job 32:1-5
(Read Job 32:1-5)
Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Elihu was displeased with Job's friends because they had not been candid to Job. Seldom is a quarrel begun, more seldom is a quarrel carried on, in which there are not faults on both sides. Those that seek for truth, must not reject what is true and good on either side, nor approve or defend what is wrong.