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.

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