Job 32:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. ”

Job 32:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So these three men ceased to answer Job - Each had had three opportunities of replying to him, though in the last series of the controversy Zophar had been silent. Now all were silent; and though...
Job 32:1 - 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 Barac...
Job 32:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. These three men ceased to answer Job - They supposed that it was of no use to attempt to reason any longer with a...
Job 32:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends; with the one for justifying himself; with the others for not answering satisfactorily. He apologises for his youth and zeal to speak. Before Chri...
Job 32:1 - 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 pr...
Job 32:1 - 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 su...
Job 32:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXXII. (1) So these three men ceased. — The next six Chapter s are taken up with the reply of a fourth person not before mentioned, but who appears to have been present during the discussion, an...
Job 32:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1-22 ; Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends....
Job 32:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Elihu Enters Job 32:1-22 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 anothe...
Job 32:1 - 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 interr...
Job 32:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter opens with a new speaker, one whose name is Elihu. His discourse is in reproof, not only of Job, but of his three friends: and he prosecutes the subject through the whole of th...
Job 32:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So these three men ceased to answer Job ,.... His three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, who came to visit and comfort him under his afflictions; but una...
Job 32:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes. Ver. 1. So these three men ceased to answer Job ] They were as quiet as men are on a Sabbath, so the word impor...
Job 32:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So these three men ceased to answer Job Finding that he persevered in asserting that he was not guilty of any of the heinous crimes which they laid to his charge, they left off disputing with him;...
Job 32:1 - L. 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 app...
Job 32:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he...
Job 32:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOB CHAPTER 32 Elihu, Job's fourth friend, speaketh: he is angry with Job for justifying himself, and with his three friends for not satisfying, and yet condemning him, Job 32:1-5 . He excuseth...
Job 32:1 - 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...
Job 32:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

So these three despite minor differences, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have one view of the problem of Job's afflictions. He is a hypocrite. Outwardly good, he is, they hold, really a bad man....
Job 32:1 - 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...
Job 32:1 - 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 complaini...
Job 32:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 hi...
Job 32:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes, because they could not get him to admit that his sufferings were in any way the result of some particular iniquity be...
Job 32:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 10:2 ; Job 10:7 ; Job 13:15 ; Job 23:7 ; Job 27:4-6 ; Job 29:11-17 ; Job 31:1-40 ; Job 33:9 ; Job 6:29
Job 32:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...
Job 32:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Because — So they said: but they could not answer him.

Job 32:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 32:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 32:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 32:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 32:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 32:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 32:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 32:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 32:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 32:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 32:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 32:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 32:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 32:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 32:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 32:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 32:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 32:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 32:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Job 32:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 32:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 32:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 32:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 32:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 32:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 32:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes