Job 32:4

32:4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking ¹  to Job, because the others ²  were older than he was.

Job 32:10

32:10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen ³  to me.

I, even I, will explain what I know.’

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¹ tc This reading requires repointing the word בִּדְבָרִים (bidbarim, “with words”) to בְּדָבְּרָם (bÿdabbÿram, “while they spoke [with Job]”). If the MT is retained, it would mean “he waited for Job with words,” which while understandable is awkward.

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the other friends) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tc In most Hebrew mss this imperative is singular, and so addressed to Job. But two Hebrew mss and the versions have the plural. Elihu was probably addressing all of them.