Job 32:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 32:15-22

Three things here apologize for Elihu's interposing as he does in this controversy which had already been canvassed by such acute and learned disputants:? 1. That the stage was clear, and he did not break in upon any of the managers on either side: They were amazed (Job 32:15); they stood still, and answered no more, Job 32:16. They not only left off speaking themselves, but they stood still, to hear if any of the company would speak their minds, so that (as we say) he had room and fair play... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 32:15

They were amazed ,.... They were like persons thunderstruck, quite surprised and astonished to hear a young man talk after this manner: they answered no more ; as they had ceased to answer Job, they did not undertake to answer Elihu, who had plainly told them their arguments were not convincing, their answers were no answers, and that they had done a wrong thing in condemning Job without proof; and that which they thought their greatest wisdom, and strongest argument, had no wisdom nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:15

They were amazed - Mr. Good translates: "They (the speeches) are dissipated; they no longer produce effect; the words have flirted away from them." Your words, being without proper reference and point, are scattered into thin air: there is nothing but sound in them; they are quite destitute of sense. But I prefer the words as spoken of Job's friends. They took their several parts in the controversy as long as they could hope to maintain their ground: for a considerable time they had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

The voice of juvenile self-confidence. We now approach the solution of the mystery, the untying of the knot, the end of the controversy. Job's three friends have failed to convince Job that he is suffering the wellmented consequences of evil-doing; and he has failed to convince them of his integrity. Now a younger friend speaks with kindled wrath because the three friends "had found no answer." He speaks with the undue confidence of youth; but he weaves many words of truth and wisdom into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:6-22

The speech of Elihu now begins. In the present chapter, after a short apologetic exordium, excusing his youth ( Job 32:6-9 ), he addresses himself exclusively to Job's friends. He has listened attentively to them, and weighed their words (verses 11, 12). but has found nothing in them that confuted Job. They had not "found wisdom"—they had not "vanquished Job"—at the last they had been "amazed, and had not had a word more to say" (verses 13-16). Elihu, therefore, will supply their deficiency;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:6-22

The apology of Elihu. I. THE REASONS OF HIS PREVIOUS RETICENCE . Elihu had been an earnest listener to the controversy Job waged with his three friends, "waiting for Job with words" (verse 4), i.e. eager to pour out in speech the arguments that trembled on his lips; and now he declares that two things had restrained him from joining earlier in the discussion. 1 . A modest respect for their superior age. He was but a young man (literally, "few of years"), while they were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:15

They were amazed, they answered no more . A change from the second to the third person, possibly as seeming less disrespectful. Or perhaps Elihu turns from the three friends at this point, as Professor Lee supposes, and addresses himself to Job. Job's "comforters," he says, "were amazed" by his last speech, and could find nothing to say in reply to it. Consequently, they left off speaking. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 32:15

They were amazed - There also are the words of Elihu, and are designed to express his astonishment that the three friends of Job did not answer him. He says that they were completely silenced, and he repeats this to call attention to the remarkable fact that men who began so confidently, and who still held on to their opinion, had not one word more to say. There is some reason to suppose, from the change of person here from the second to the third, that Elihu turned from them to those who were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 32:15-16

Job 32:15-16. They were amazed Job’s three friends stood mute, like persons amazed, not knowing what to reply to his arguments, and wondering at his bold and confident assertions concerning his integrity, and his interest in the favour of God, under such terrible and manifest tokens, as they thought them, of God’s just displeasure against him. They answered no more Although Job gave them just occasion to confute and reprove him for his intemperate speeches, and his presumptuous and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 32:15-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 32:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:6-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:6-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 32:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 32:15-16

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