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Job 32:4

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

KJV

Igitur Eliu expectavit Job loquentem, eo quod seniores essent qui loquebantur.

Vulgate

Ἐλιοῦς δὲ ὑπέμεινεν δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν Ἰώβ, ὅτι πρεσβύτεροι αὐτοῦ εἰσιν ἡμέραις.

LXX

Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

ASV

וֶֽ/אֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת אִ֭יּוֹב בִּ/דְבָרִ֑ים כִּ֤י זְֽקֵנִים הֵ֖מָּה מִמֶּ֣/נּוּ לְ/יָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JobElihu

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִיה֗וּא
'lyhv'
proper_noun · 11×
אִיּ֗וֹב
'yvb
proper_noun · 58×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
חִכִּ֛ינוּ
chkynv
verb · 14×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Ps 119:100 — I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.