约伯记 32:11-12 CUNPSS

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 32:1-22

WORDS OF ELIHU ; WORDS OF GOD Elihu now comes forward with apparent modesty, and yet great pretensions. Young and inexperienced, he is nevertheless indignant at the manner in which the friends of Job have sought to reply to him. Professing that his views have been revealed from above, he undertakes to clear up all the difficulties in the case. Afflictions are for the good of the sufferer is his dictum, a thought which he exhibits in various lights. He, too, reflects upon Job for his... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 32:1-22

The Speech of Elihu. I. Job 32:0 This is the beginning of Elihu's declaration. It is quite a new voice. We have heard nothing like this before. So startling indeed is the tone of Elihu that some have questioned whether his speech really forms part of the original poem, or has been added by some later hand. We deal with it as we find it here. It is none the less welcome to us that it is a young voice, fresh, charmful, bold, full of vitality, not wanting in the loftier music that is moral,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 32:6-22

(6) ¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. (8) But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (9) Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. (10) Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. (11) Behold, I waited... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 32:11

Disputing. Hebrew, "searching out words," or arguments. (Haydock) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 32:12

None. A notorious piece of arrogance, to esteem himself wiser than any of his own sect, or of his adversaries. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:6-14

6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a patient hearing. read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Job 32:1-99

Job 32 - 37 Silence having fallen upon all four disputants, a fresh speaker appeared, and he too is introduced to us in a way that shows we are considering a history and not a romance. He was descended from Buz, who was a nephew of Abraham, as Gen_22:21 shows. In those early days after the flood, when population was small, the duplication of names would not be common. Now Elihu is a name with a meaning, which is given to us as, "God Himself." If we bear this in mind, and then read verse... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 32:6-22

Elihu Gives the Reason for his Speaking v. 6. And Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, answered and said, opening his discourse with statements calculated to win the good will of all former speakers, I am young, and ye are very old, hoary with age; wherefore I was afraid, held back by diffidence and awe, and durst not show you mine opinion, make known the knowledge which he possessed concerning this matter. v. 7. I said, Days should speak, figuratively for, those full of days, the aged,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 32:1-22

The Second Stage of the DisentanglementJob 33-37Elihu’s Discourses, devoted to proving that there can be really no undeserved suffering, that on the contrary the sufferings decreed for those who are apparently righteous are dispensations of divine love, designed to purify and to sanctify them through chastisement: The first half of the positive solution of the problemINTRODUCTION: ELIHU’S APPEARANCE, AND THE EXORDIUM OF HIS DISCOURSE, GIVING THE REASONS FOR HIS SPEAKINGJob 32:1 to Job 33:71.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 32:1-22

Elihu Enters Job 32:1-22 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of the case to be presented by the fervid life of a younger generation. The name Elihu means, “My God is He.” He had preserved a respectful silence while his elders were speaking; but he was so conscious of the uprising of the divine that he could refrain no longer. Elihu was greatly indignant,... read more