(4) Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. (5) When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
Elihu modestly considered his youth, and therefore waited the proper time to speak. He did not begin until the whole had ended. But if a thing be well spoken, and rightly spoken, this is what Solomon calls like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Proverbs 25:11.