Job 32:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 32:1-5

Usually young men are the disputants and old men the moderators; but here, when old men were the disputants, as a rebuke to them for their unbecoming heat, a young man is raised up to be the moderator. Divers of Job's friends were present, that came to visit him and to receive instruction. Now here we have, I. The reason why his three friends were now silent. They ceased to answer him, and let him have his saying, because he was righteous in his own eyes. This was the reason they gave why they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite ,.... Both against Job and his three friends, for reasons after given; who this person was is not easy to say; they debase him too much, who make him to be Balaam the soothsayer, according to the tradition of the Jews F7 T. Hieros. Sotah, fol. 20. 4. Hieron. Quaest. seu Traditiones in Gen. fol. 69. D. so Bolducius. ; for neither the time he lived in, nor his character, will agree with him; this man living before the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath - This means no more than that Elihu was greatly excited, and felt a strong and zealous desire to vindicate the justice and providence of God, against the aspersions of Job and his friends. Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite - Buz was the second son of Nahor, the brother of Abram, Genesis 22:21 . Of the kindred of Ram - Kemuel was the third son of Nahor; and is called in Genesis (see above) the father of Aram, which is the same as Ram. A city of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-5

The discourse of Elihu is prefaced by a short introduction in plain prose, explaining who he was, and giving the reasons which actuated him in coming forward at this point of the dialogue. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-5

The intervention of Elihu. I. THE DISCOMFITURE OF THE FRIENDS . "So these three men"—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—"ceased to answer Job;" i.e. did not respond to the lamentations and protestations which he uttered in his parable. 1 . The reason they perhaps assigned for their silence. "Because he," i.e. Job, "was righteous in his own eyes." If this was scarcely accurate in the strict theological sense of the expression, since Job had more than once acknowledged himself a... 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 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu . The name "Elihu" was not uncommon among the Israelites. It is found among the ancestors of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1 ), among the Korhite Levites of the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 26:7 ), and as a variant for Eliab, one of David's brothers ( 1 Chronicles 27:8 ) The meaning of the word was, "He is my God" ( אליהוא ). The son of Barachel . Barachel is also a significant name. It means, "Bless, O God," or "God blesses" ( ברך אל ). Both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:2-3

Elihu the young man. We now reach another act in the drama. The vexatious controversy between Job and his three friends is over. Suddenly and quite unexpectedly a new character appears on the stage. We need not trouble ourselves with the question as to whether the Elihu episode was an original part of the poem or whether it was inserted later by the author or even by another hand. We may be thankful that we have it, and we may make use of its lessons with confidence; for we do not know who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath - Wrath or anger is commonly represented as kindled, or as burning.Of Elihu - The name Elihu (אליהוא 'ĕlı̂yhû') means, “God is he;” or, since the word He (הוא hû') is often used by way of eminence to denote the true God or Yahweh, the name is equivalent to saying, “God is my God,” or “my God is Yahweh.” On what account this name was given to him, is now unknown. The names which were anciently given, however, were commonly significant, and it was not unusual to... read more

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