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Job 32:4-5

Elihu was polite. He respected the older men. He did not interrupt them.

Elihu thought that the other men should be wise

v6 So, Elihu (son of Barakel, who belonged to the people called Buzites) spoke. He said:

I am young. You are old. So, I was afraid to tell you what I know. v7 I thought that an old man would be wiser than me. I thought that you would teach wisely because of your age.

v8 But God gives men wisdom by his Holy Spirit. v9 Great men are not always wise. And old men do not always know what is right.

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See also Job 32:4-5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 32--33:7 _ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_ 2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6) 3. His address to Job (Job 33:1) Job 32:1. As

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Prose introduction, explaining the intervention of Elihu. Observe that whereas Job and his friends are introduced without genealogy it is not so with Elihu. His name means He is my God, that of Barach...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _waited till Job had spoken_ Rather, WAITED TO SPEAK UNTO JOB, lit. _waited for Job with words_. Elihu had waited (till the friends spoke) prepared to address Job, as he now does....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 32:1-6a So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. (2) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Jo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO THESE THREE MEN CEASED TO ANSWER JOB, BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHTEOUS IN HIS OWN EYES._ Prose (poetry begins with "I am young," Job 32:6). Verse 1. BECAUSE ... - and because they could not proves to hi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    32:4 speaking, (c-9) Lit. 'awaited Job during [his] words.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU It 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 surpri...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN. — Literally, _Had waited in words for or regarding Job;_ that is, as some understand it, had waited to speak unto Job, or, more probably, had waited till the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וֶֽ אֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת ־אִ֭יֹּוב בִּ דְבָר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son of Bara...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ELIHU ENTERS Job 32:1 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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because (d) they [were] elder than he. (d) That is, the three mentioned before....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. (5) When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. Elihu modestly c...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 sai...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he. Ver. 4. _Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken_] Yea, though his speech was very long, yet he heard him out, though him...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PAUSE AFTER JOB'S SPEECH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, Elihu, who may have been present from the beginning of the debate or had heard at least a large part of it, HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN, until he had finished his entire argument, all that he...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN: _ Heb._ expected Job in words ELDER THAN HE: _ Heb._ elder for days...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Elihu had been patient. He had waited to speak because he was younger than Job's three friends. Deferring to age was. custom in the East (Job 29:8). __...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Eli...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ELIHU HAD WAITED with patience, as the word notes. TILL JOB; add, _and his three friends_, as appears from the following words. It is a synecdoche, whereof instances have been given before. THEY WERE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 32:4 older H2205 H3117 Elihu H453 waited H2442 (H8765) speak H1697 Job H347 waited till Job had spoken - Heb. expected Job in words,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends. CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved when injury is plainly do...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu._ ANALYSIS OF ELIHU’S SPEECH After the introduction Elihu reproves Job, because he had claimed too much for himself, and had indulged in a spirit of complaining a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (Job 32:6). Th

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been consid...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu. So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of E...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 32:11; Job 32:12; Proverbs 18:13...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    'Till Job — And his three friends....

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