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Job 32:4

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← Job 32:3	Job 32:4 (KJV)	Job 32:5 →
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Job.	Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he.	When Elihu saw that [there was] no answer in the mouth of [these] three men, then his wrath was kindled.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now Elihu^H453 had waited^H2442 till Job^H347 had spoken^H1697, because they were elder^{H2205 H3117} than he.

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Original Hebrew

וֶאֱלִיהוּ חִכָּה אֶת־אִיֹּוב בִּדְבָרִים כִּי זְקֵנִים־הֵמָּה מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וֶֽ/אֱלִיה֗וּ	ve./'e.li.Hu	H453	HC/Np	and/ Elihu
חִכָּ֣ה	chi.Kah	H2442	HVpp3ms	he had waited
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אִ֭יּוֹב	'I.yov	H347	HNp	Job
בִּ/דְבָרִ֑ים	bi/d.va.Rim	H1697	HR/Ncmpa	in/ words
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
זְֽקֵנִים	ze.ke.nim-	H2205	HAampa	(were) old
הֵ֖מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
מִמֶּ֣/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	more than/ him
לְ/יָמִֽים	le./ya.Mim	H3117	HR/Ncmpa	to/ days

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H347 — אִיּוֹב (ʼÎyôwb, ee-yobe'): from אָיַב; hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience; Job.
• H453 — אֱלִיהוּ (ʼĔlîyhûw, el-ee-hoo'): or (fully) אֱלִיהוּא; from אֵל and הוּא; God of him; Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites; Elihu.
• H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H2442 — חָכָה (châkâh, khaw-kaw'): a primitive root (apparently akin to חָקָה through the idea of piercing); properly, to adhere to; hence, to await; long, tarry, wait.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• waited till Job had spoken — Job 32:11-12, Proverbs 18:13

Reciprocal references (3): Leviticus 19:32, Psalms 119:100, Ecclesiastes 3:7

Related Topics

• Nave’s: CHILDREN, HUMILITY, MODESTY, OLD AGE, REVERENCE

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