Job 32:4 NIV

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 32:4

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken ,.... Made an end of speaking, until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended", Job 31:40 , and waited likewise until his three friends had said all they had to say, and which is here supposed and implied, as appears by what follows: because they were elder than he ; it may be added, from the original text, "in", or "as two days" F12 לימים "diebus", Beza, Montanus, Mercerus; "quod ad dies", Schultens. ; they had lived... 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 32:4

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken ; rather, to speak to Job (see the Revised Version) He had waited impatiently until the three special "friends" had said their say, and be might come forward without manifest presumption. Because they were elder than he . (On the respect paid to age at this time in the land wherein Job lived, see the comment on Job 29:8 .) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 32:4

Now Elihu had waited - Margin, as in Hebrew, expected Job in words. The meaning is plain, that he had waited until all who were older than himself had spoken.Because they were elder than he - Margin, as in Hebrew, older for days. It appears that they were all older than he was. We have no means of determining their respective ages, though it would seem probable that Eliphaz was the oldest of the three friends, as he uniformly spoke first. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 32:2-4

Job 32:2-4. Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu Elihu, a new personage, here makes his appearance. Attentive, all the while, to the debate between Job and his friends, he utters not a word till both sides have done speaking; and then shows, that a stander-by may sometimes see further into a dispute than they who are eagerly engaged therein, and who, by having their passions raised to an undue height, are very apt to carry things to an extreme. The son of Barachel the Buzite Of the... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 32:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 32:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 32:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 32:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 32:1-22

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