32 2 Elihu reproveth them of folly. 8 Age maketh not a man wise, but the spirit of God.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [a]esteemed himself just.

Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the [b]Buzite, of the family of [c]Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself [d]more than God.

Also his anger was kindled against his three friends, because they could not find an answer, and yet condemned Job.

(Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken: for [e]they were more ancient in years than he.)

So when Elihu saw, that there was none answer in the mouth of the three men, his wrath was kindled.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:1 Hebrew, was just in his own eyes.
  2. Job 32:2 Which came of Buz, the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
  3. Job 32:2 Or, as the Chaldean paraphrase readeth, Abram.
  4. Job 32:2 By making himself innocent, and by charging God of rigor.
  5. Job 32:4 That is, the three mentioned before.

Elihu

32 So these three men stopped answering Job,(A) because he was righteous in his own eyes.(B) But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(C) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(D) rather than God.(E) He was also angry with the three friends,(F) because they had found no way to refute Job,(G) and yet had condemned him.[a](H) Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.(I) But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned God