ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף איוב 32:16

Then Job again His friends refrained from answering as Elihu reprimanded them, for they stood and replied no more (32:3).

stood Heb. עָמְדוּ, an expression of silence (they stood silent), like (Job 32:16): “...for they remained silent (עָמְדוּ) ; they no longer answered.”

but the wind comes and clears them away, makes them pass away, and no rain falls. That is their analogy; they began to answer you, but at the end, they remained silent and did not answer.