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Job 32:4
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KJ21
Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken, because they were older than he.
ASV
Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.
AMP
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were years older than he.
AMPC
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
BRG
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
CSB
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.
CSBA
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.
CEB
Elihu had waited while Job spoke, for they were older than he.
CJB
Elihu had waited to speak to Iyov because they were older than he;
CEV
Elihu was younger than these three, and he let them speak first.
DARBY
But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he.
DRA
So Eliu waited while Job was speaking, because they were his elders that were speaking.
ERV
Elihu was the youngest one there, so he had waited until everyone finished talking.
EASY
Elihu had waited for Job's three friends to speak before he spoke to Job himself. He waited because he was younger than them.
EHV
Up to this point, Elihu had held back, and he had not spoken to Job, because the others were older and more experienced than he was.
ESV
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
ESVUK
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
EXB
Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the three friends were older than he was.
GNV
(Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken: for they were more ancient in years than he.)
GW
Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.
GNT
Because Elihu was the youngest one there, he had waited until everyone finished speaking.
HCSB
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.
ICB
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job. This is because the three friends were older than he was.
ISV
Elihu waited to have a word with Job, since the others were older than he,
JUB
Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken because they were all elder than he.
KJV
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
AKJV
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
LSB
Now Elihu had waited with his words for Job because they were years older than he.
LEB
Thus Elihu had waited for Job to speak because they were older than he.
TLB
Elihu had waited until now to speak because the others were older than he.
MSG
Job’s three friends now fell silent. They were talked out, stymied because Job wouldn’t budge an inch—wouldn’t admit to an ounce of guilt. Then Elihu lost his temper. (Elihu was the son of Barakel the Buzite from the clan of Ram.) He blazed out in anger against Job for pitting his righteousness against God’s. He was also angry with the three friends because they had neither come up with an answer nor proved Job wrong. Elihu had waited with Job while they spoke because they were all older than he. But when he saw that the three other men had exhausted their arguments, he exploded with pent-up anger.
MEV
Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken because they were older than he.
NOG
Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.
NABRE
But since these men were older than he, Elihu bided his time before addressing Job.
NASB
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.
NASB1995
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.
NCB
While Job and his friends had been conversing, Elihu had refrained from addressing Job, since the three companions were older than he.
NCV
Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the three friends were older than he was.
NET
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.
NIRV
Elihu had waited before he spoke to Job. That’s because the others were older than he was.
NIV
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.
NIVUK
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.
NKJV
Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job.
NLV
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
NLT
Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.
NRSVA
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
NRSVACE
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
NRSVCE
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
NRSVUE
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
OJB
Now Elihu had waited till Iyov had spoken, because they were elder than he.
RGT
(Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken. For they were older than he.)
RSV
Now Eli′hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
RSVCE
Now Eli′hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
TLV
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older.
VOICE
Elihu had withheld his words from Job because he was younger than all four of them and knew it was improper to speak until each of them was heard,
WEB
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
WYC
Therefore Elihu abode Job speaking, for they, that spake, were elder men. (And so Elihu waited for Job to finish speaking, for all those, who spoke, were older than he was.)
YLT
And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.
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