Job 32:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 32:5-8

Job 32:5-8. When Elihu saw, &c., then his wrath was kindled When he saw that none of these three offered to reply, but sat as men that knew not what to say, he was not able to hold his peace any longer. With the next words the metre begins again, the preceding part of this chapter being in prose. I am young, and ye are very old I have considered all this time my own youth and your aged experience; wherefore I was afraid Of being thought forward and presumptuous, and so have hitherto... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 32:8

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . inspiration. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16 . THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 32:8

8. Elihu claims inspiration, as a divinely commissioned messenger to Job (Job 33:6; Job 33:23); and that claim is not contradicted in Job 42:4; Job 42:5. Translate: "But the spirit (which God puts) in man, and the inspiration . . . is that which giveth," c. it is not mere "years" which give understanding (Proverbs 2:6; John 20:22). 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 32:8

(8) But there is a spirit in man.—Rather, But it is the spirit in man.And the inspiration of the Almighty.—Rather, And the breath of the Almighty that giveth them understanding. It is the expression used in the Mosaic narrative of the origin of man, and may perhaps show acquaintance on the part of the writer with that narrative (Genesis 2:7). Elihu means to say that it is not years so much as the spirit and illumination of the Almighty that maketh a man pre-eminent in wisdom. read more

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