Job 32:7

32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age 1  should speak, 2 

and length of years 3  should make wisdom known.’

Job 32:10

32:10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen 4  to me.

I, even I, will explain what I know.’

Job 42:4

42:4 You said, 5 

‘Pay attention, and I will speak;

I will question you, and you will answer me.’

1 tn Heb “days.”

2 tn The imperfect here is to be classified as an obligatory imperfect.

3 tn Heb “abundance of years.”

4 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.

5 tn This phrase, “you said,” is supplied in the translation to introduce the recollection of God’s words.