Job 32:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 32:1-22

32:1-37:24ELIHU’S ARGUMENTSReasons why Elihu must speak (32:1-22)People came for various reasons to see Job. Many were merely curious, wanting to see the former leading judge, honoured citizen and respected wise man who was now decaying at the city garbage dump. Some came to mock, others to listen to the debate. Among this latter group was an intelligent young man named Elihu.As the debate progressed, Elihu grew restless and angry. He was angry at Job for his self-righteous assertions, and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 32:13

GOD. Hebrew El. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 32:13

Job 32:13. Lest ye should say— Say ye not, therefore, we have found out wisdom? It is God must confute him, and not man. "God only can sift him to the bottom, and know whether his pretences to piety have any thing real in them, or are only hypocritical." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 32:13

13. This has been so ordered, "lest you should" pride yourselves on having overcome him by your "wisdom" ( :-, the great aim of the Book of Job); and that you may see, "God alone can thrust him down," that is, confute him, "not man." So Elihu grounds his confutation, not on the maxims of sages, as the friends did, but on his special commission from God (Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Job 33:6). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 32:1-24

F. Elihu’s Speeches chs. 32-37Some critical scholars believe that a later editor inserted chapters 32-37 in the text of Job. [Note: See William Ewart Staples, The Speeches of Elihu: A Study of Job XXXII-XXXVII, pp. 12-24, and David Noel Freedman, "The Elihu Speeches in the Book of Job," Harvard Theological Review 61:1 (January 1968):51-59, for support of this view. See John Peter Lange, ed., Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, vol. 4. Chronicles-Job, pp. 268-73, for a summary of the arguments... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 32:6-22

Elihu’s reasons for speaking 32:6-22Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job’s three friends (Job 32:6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason, he said, he had refrained from speaking until now. However, he had become convinced that advancing age does not always bring wisdom with it. Rather, wisdom comes from God. "A spirit in man" and "the breath of the Almighty" (Job 32:8) evidently refer to the Spirit of God (cf. Genesis 41:38-39; Exodus 31:3; Numbers 27:18-21; Isaiah 11:2;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 32:6-33

2. Elihu’s first speech 32:6-33:33Before Elihu began presenting his views (ch. 33), he first had to gain the attention of his elders and explain why he wanted to speak (Job 32:6-22). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:1-22

The Speeches of EllhuElihu explains his reasons for intervening in the debate.2. Elihu] Heb. ’He is my God.’ Buzite] In Genesis 22:21; Buz is closely connected with Uz (RV), which was Job’s country. To the Assyrians Huz and Buz (’Haza’ and ’Baza’) were known as places not far from Edom.Ram] uncertain. It occurs again in Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:10. He justified himself rather than God] Job, in asserting his own innocence so warmly, had charged God with injustice in treating... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:1-24

The Speeches of ElihuIt is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with surprise, he is not mentioned with the other friends in the Prologue, and we have had no intimation that he has all the while been listening to the debate. It is still more remarkable that he is not mentioned at the close. Here God passes judgment on Job and the friends, and it is strange that Elihu is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 32:13

(13) Lest ye should say.—That is, “I resolved to speak, lest ye should think yourselves wise, and that God was afflicting him on account of his sins.” God is declaring his guilt in such a way that man’s opinion matters little. read more

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