Job 32:4

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Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:11-12 : 11 Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts, while you were searching for words. 12 Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 The one who gives an answer before he listens– that is his folly and his shame.

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  • Job 32:5-7
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    5But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.

    6Elihu Claims Wisdom So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:“I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

    7I said to myself,‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

  • Job 32:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1V. The Speeches of Elihu(32:1-37:24)Elihu’s First Speech So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    2Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

    3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

  • Job 34:1-2
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    77%

    1Elihu’s Second Speech Elihu answered:

    2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

  • Job 36:1-2
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    76%

    1Elihu’s Fourth Speech Elihu said further:

    2“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

  • Job 35:1
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    1Elihu’s Third Speech Then Elihu answered:

  • Job 32:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts, while you were searching for words.

    12Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

  • Job 42:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

    8So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

  • Job 32:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

    15Job’s Friends Failed to Answer“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

    16And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

  • Job 4:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Eliphaz Begins to Speak Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

    2“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

  • Job 40:3
    69%

    3Then Job answered the LORD:

  • Job 23:1
    69%

    1Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job answered:

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    1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job replied:

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    1Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

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    1Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • Job 22:1
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    1Eliphaz’s Third Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • Job 16:1
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    1Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job replied:

  • Job 33:31-32
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    68%

    31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

  • Job 33:1
    68%

    1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

  • Job 15:1
    68%

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    1Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:

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    68%

    1Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:

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    1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • Job 34:35-36
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    67%

    35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

    36But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

  • Job 3:2
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    2Job spoke up and said:

  • Job 29:1
    67%

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  • Job 27:1
    67%

    1A Protest of Innocence And Job took up his discourse again:

  • Job 6:1
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    1Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:

  • 1 Sam 4:15
    66%

    15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.

  • Job 18:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

    2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

  • Job 42:16
    66%

    16After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

  • Job 9:1
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    1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • Job 25:1
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    1Bildad’s Third Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

  • Job 29:21
    65%

    21Job’s Reputation“People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.

  • Job 15:10
    65%

    10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

  • Job 8:1
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    1Bildad’s First Speech to Job Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said: