Job 32

New American Standard Bible

Elihu Rebukes Job in Anger

32 Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was ^(A)righteous in his own eyes. ²But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the ^(B)Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned ^(C)because he justified himself ^[a]^(D)before God. ³And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job. ⁴Now Elihu had waited ^[b]to speak to Job because they were years older than he. ⁵But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his anger burned.

⁶So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite ^[c]spoke out and said,

“I am young in years and you are ^(E)old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you ^[d]what I think.
⁷I ^[e]thought ^[f]^(F)age should speak,
And ^[g]increased years should teach wisdom.
⁸But it is a spirit that is in mankind,
And the ^(G)breath of the Almighty gives them ^(H)understanding.
⁹The ^[h]abundant in years may not be wise,
Nor may ^(I)elders understand justice.
¹⁰So I ^[i]say, ‘Listen to me,
I too will tell ^[j]what I think.’

¹¹“Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened to your skillful speech,
While you ^[k]pondered what to say.
¹²I also paid close attention to you;
But ^[l]indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,
Not one of you who answered his words.
¹³So do not say,
‘^(J)We have found wisdom:
God will ^[m]defeat him, not man.’
¹⁴But he has not presented his words against me,
Nor will I reply to him with your ^[n]arguments.

¹⁵“They are dismayed, they no longer answer;
Words have ^[o]failed them.
¹⁶Should I wait, because they are not speaking,
Because they have ^[p]stopped and no longer answer?
¹⁷I too will ^[q]give my share of answers;
I also will tell my opinion.
¹⁸For I am full of words;
The spirit within me compels me.
¹⁹Behold, my belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins, it is about to burst.
²⁰Let me speak so that I may get relief;
Let me open my lips and answer.
²¹Let me ^(K)be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.
²²For I do not know how to flatter,
Otherwise my Maker would quickly take me away.

Footnotes

Job 32:2 Or more than
Job 32:4 Lit for Job with words; or possibly while they were speaking with Job
Job 32:6 Lit answered
Job 32:6 Lit my knowledge
Job 32:7 Lit said
Job 32:7 Lit days
Job 32:7 Lit many
Job 32:9 Lit great (i.e., in years); or nobles
Job 32:10 Or said
Job 32:10 Lit my knowledge
Job 32:11 Lit searched out words
Job 32:12 Lit Behold
Job 32:13 Lit scatter
Job 32:14 Lit words
Job 32:15 Lit moved away from
Job 32:16 Lit stand
Job 32:17 Lit answer my share

2 Corinthians 2

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Reaffirm Your Love

2 But I decided this ^[a]for my own sake, that I ^(A)would not come to you in sorrow again. ²For if I ^(B)cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? ³This is the very thing I ^(C)wrote you, so that ^(D)when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having ^(E)confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all. ⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I ^(F)wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

⁵But ^(G)if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree—^[b]not to say too much—for all of you. ⁶Sufficient for such a person is ^(H)this punishment which was imposed by the majority, ⁷so that on the other hand, you should rather ^(I)forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. ⁸Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ⁹For to this end ^(J)I also wrote, so that I might ^[c]^(K)put you to the test, whether you are ^(L)obedient in all things. ¹⁰But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes ^(M)in the presence of Christ, ¹¹so that no advantage would be taken of us by ^(N)Satan, for ^(O)we are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹²Now when I came to ^(P)Troas for the ^(Q)gospel of Christ and when a ^(R)door was opened for me in the Lord, ¹³I ^(S)had no rest for my spirit, not finding ^(T)Titus my brother; but ^(U)saying goodbye to them, I went on to ^(V)Macedonia.

¹⁴^(W)But thanks be to God, who always ^(X)leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the ^(Y)fragrance of the ^(Z)knowledge of Him in every place. ¹⁵For we are a ^(AA)fragrance of Christ to God among ^(AB)those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: ¹⁶^(AC)to the one an ^[d]aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is ^(AD)adequate for these things? ¹⁷For we are not like the many, ^[e]^(AE)peddling the word of God, but ^(AF)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ ^(AG)in the sight of God.