Job 32:6

_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 him that he was unrighteous. Verse 2. ELIHU - meaning 'God is Yahweh.' In his name and character, as messenger between God and Job, he shadows forth Jesus Christ (Job 33:23). BARACHEL - meaning 'God blesses.' Both names indicate the piety of the family, and their separation from idolaters. BUZITE - Buz was son of Nahor, brother of Abraham. Hence, was named a region in Arabia Deserta (Jeremiah 25:23). Ram-Aram, nephew of Buz. Job was probably of an older generation than

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....

Verse Job 32:6. _I_ AM _YOUNG_] How _young_ he was, or how _old_ they were, we cannot tell; but there was no doubt a great disparity in their ages; and among the Asiatics the _youth_ never spoke in the presence of the _elders_, especially on any subject of controversy....

And Elihu - “said, I am young” Margin, few of days. The Hebrew is, “I am small (צעיר _tsâ‛ı̂yr_) of days;” that is, I am inexperienced. We have no means of ascertaining his exact age, though it is evident that there was a considerable disparity between them and him. AND YE ARE VERY OLD - ישׁישׁים _yâshı̂yshiym_. The word used here is probably derived from the obsolete root שוש, “to be white, hoary”; and hence, to be hoary-headed, or aged; compare 2 Chronicles 36:17. The whole of the discourses of the friends of Job seem to imply that they were aged men. They laid claim to great experience, and professed to have had opportunities of long observation, and it is probable that they were regarded as sages, who, by the lon

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 arguments; and nothing is said of him in the historical section wherewith the work concludes (Job 42:7). It is therefore scarcely surprising that some exception has been taken to the genuineness of the entire passage (Job 32-37), or that it has been regarded by many excellent critics as an interpolation into the Book of Job, made by one who was not the original author, at a date considerably later than the rest of tile composition. A modification of this extreme view is suggested by M. Renan, who thinks that the original author may have added the passage in his old age. This view is entitled to consideration. The subject has been discussed at some length in the Introduction, so that no mor

AND ELIHU THE SON OF BARACHEL THE BUZITE ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Since there was no answer in them, he takes upon him to give one himself; but first makes an apology on account of his youth: I [AM] YOUNG, AND YE [ARE] VERY OLD; or "few of days"; a few days, comparatively speaking, had he lived in the world; or "small", or "little as two days" m; he had been but a little time in it, and so could be thought to have but little knowledge and experience; whereas they were old, even very old; with them were the aged and the grayheaded, Job 15:10; in whom it might have been expected was much wisdom and knowledge: WHEREFORE I WAS AFRAID, AND DURST NOT SHOW MINE OPINION; declare what knowledge he had of the things in dispute, lest it should appear mean, small, and contemptible; or give his sentiments concerning them, lest he should speak wrongly, and not only give off

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 Elihu had listened to the different addresses his wrath was stirred up. His name is very suggestive. Elihu means “my God is He”; Barachel--”the Blessed God”; the Buzite, “the rejected One” of Ram, and Ram means “exalted.” These are names which find their fullest application in the person of our Lord, whom Elihu in his mediatorial work represents. But why was his wrath kindled? Because Job justified himself rather than God and because Job's friends had found no solution of the problem, yet they c

Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have failed, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God. Job 32:13 is a direct polemic against the poet, a strong assertion that the Divine speeches which follow had been better omitted (Peake)....

Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom did not always accompany grey hairs; it is a gift of God, and, conscious of possessing it, he desires now to be heard....

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 JOB WAS HIS WRATH KINDLED, BECAUSE HE JUSTIFIED HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD. (3) ALSO AGAINST HIS THREE FRIENDS WAS HIS WRATH KINDLED, BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND NO ANSWER, AND YET HAD CONDEMNED JOB. (4) NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TO SPEAK UNTO JOB, BECAUSE THEY WERE ELDER THAN HE. (5) AND WHEN ELIHU SAW THAT THERE WAS NO ANSWER IN THE MOUTH OF THESE THREE MEN, HIS WRATH WAS KINDLED. (6) And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, COMMENT 32:1-6a JOB 32:1Job is finished speaking. Enter Elihu, who makes four speeches[328] (Job 32:1,...