Job 32:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now he hath not directede his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. ”

• Job 32:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Now, he hath not directed his words against me - Margin, “ordered.” The meaning of this expression is, “I can approach this subject in a wholly dispassionate and unprejudiced manner. I have had n...

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• Job 32:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Now (i) he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer (k) him with your speeches. (i) That is, Job. (k) He uses almost the same arguments but without taunting and reproaches.

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• Job 32:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• Job 32:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. He hath not directed - I am no party in this controversy; I have no party feeling in it: he has not spok...

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• Job 32:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. I am altogether unprejudiced. For it is not I whom he addressed. 'Your speeches' have been influenc...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - 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....

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mul...

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• Job 32:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Now he hath not directed [his] words against me ,.... That is, Job had not directed his speech to him, or levelled his arguments against him; he had not set himself and his words in battle array aga...

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• Job 32:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. Ver. 14. Now he hath not directed his speech against me ] And so I have no particular edge or grudge...

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• Job 32:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He hath not directed his words against me I am not engaged in this dispute by any provoking words of Job, as you have been, which have excited your passions, and biased your judgments; but I speak...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion.   7 I said, Days should speak,...

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• Job 32:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I am not engaged in this discourse by any provoking words of Job, as you have been, which hath drawn forth your passions and biassed your judgments; but merely from zeal for the vindication of God's...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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• Job 32:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elihu Gives the Reason for his Speaking

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• Job 32:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 13:18 ; Job 23:4 ; Job 32:12 ; Job 33:5 ; Job 6:10 ; Job 6:25 ; Job 6:26 ; Job 6:4 ; Job 8:2

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• Job 32:14 - 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...

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