Give heed, O Job, listen to me: Elihu likes to demand Job’s attention, which is no doubt lagging considerably by now!

Be silent, and I will speak shows how self-important Elihu considers himself, since Job has not uttered a sound since Elihu began in chapter 32.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, Wiliam. A Handbook on Job. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1992. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .