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Job 32:4

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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
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  1. Job 32:11–12Rank 1 from verse 4
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    11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

    12Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

  2. Proverbs 18:13Rank 2 from verse 4
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    13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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Job 32:4

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waited

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Past-tense or past-participial form of wait. Sense 1: Remained in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: Attended or served.

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till

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Sense 1: To cultivate, plough, dress, and work soil for crops. Sense 2: As a time or limit word, until, up to, or as far as the stated point, condition, or event.

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spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

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32:1SO these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

32:4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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32:5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

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