Job 32:16 - Exposition

When I had waited (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more); rather, as in the Revised Version, and shall 1 wait ' because they speak not , because they stand still ' and answer no more? Am I to wait until they shall have recovered themselves, and found something to answer? Surely this is not necessary. Neither courtesy nor etiquette prescribes it. Especially when I have waited so long, and have so much to say, and am so exceedingly anxious to say it (see Job 32:18-20 ). Elihu shows all the impatience and ardour of a young speaker (see Job 32:6 ), and feels the confidence that young men so often feel in the wisdom and persuasiveness of their words (comp. Job 33:1-6 ).