Albert Barnes Commentary Job 35:1

"Moreover Elihu answered and said," — Job 35:1 (ASV)

Elihu spoke - Hebrew, ויען vaya‛an “And he answered”; the word “answer” being used, as it is often in the Scriptures, to denote the commencement of a discourse. We may suppose that Elihu had paused at the close of his second discourse, possibly with a view to see whether there was any disposition to reply.