| Geneva Study Bible Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because {d} they were elder than he. (d) That is, the three mentioned before. Wesley's Notes 32:4 'Till Job - And his three friends. King James Translators' Notes waited...: Heb. expected Job in words elder: Heb. elder for days Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. had spoken-Hebrew, "in words," referring rather to his own "words" of reply, which he had long ago ready, but kept back in deference to the seniority of the friends who spoke. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. | 
