“And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.”
So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite spoke and said, I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was afraid and was not willing to show you my knowledge, establishing Elihu's acknowledgment of the age difference while expressing his fear of overstepping social boundaries in addressing his elders. The fear suggests appropriate respect for social hierarchy. The unwillingness to show knowledge until now suggests that Elihu has been restraining himself. The verse establishes Elihu's self-conscious entry into the discourse.
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