John Gill Commentary Job 32:4

"Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he." — Job 32:4 (ASV)

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken
Made an end of speaking, until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended", (Job 31:40) : and waited likewise until his three friends had said all they had to say, and which is here supposed and implied, as appears by what follows:

because they [were] elder than he ;
it may be added, from the original text, "in", or "as two days" ^F12 ; they had lived longer in the world than he, and therefore did not take upon him to speak till they had done; he, as became a young man, was swift to hear, and slow to speak; that they were old men, appears from what Eliphaz says, (Job 15:10) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: (Mymyl) "diebus", Beza, Montanus, Mercerus; "quod ad dies", Schultens.