Job 32:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 32:3

Elihu Contradicts Job’s Friends

1 So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was ^arighteous in his own eyes.

2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the ^aBuzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he ^bjustified himself rather than God.

3 Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

4 Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job.

5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was aroused.

6 So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:
“I am ^ayoung in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.

7 I said,¹ ‘Age should speak,
And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

8 But there is a spirit in man,
And ^athe breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

Verse Comparison: Job 32:3

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American Standard Version
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Amplified® Bible
Also against [Job's] three friends was [Elihu's] anger kindled, because they had found no answer [were unable to show his real error], and yet they had declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].

Contemporary English Version
He was also angry with Job's three friends for not being able to prove that Job was wrong.

Darby English Version
and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and [yet] condemned Job.

Good News Bible
He was also angry with Job's three friends. They could not find any way to answer Job, and this made it appear that God was in the wrong.

King James Version
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

New American Standard Bible
And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

New International Version
He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

New King James Version
Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Revised Standard Version
he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

Young's Literal Translation
and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.

New English Translation
With Job’s¹ three friends he was also angry, because they could not find² an answer, and so declared Job guilty.³

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