Bible Commentary

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 18 19. Elihu feels a crowd of thoughts and arguments fermenting in his bosom and pressing for utterance with a force not to be resisted. The word “belly” corresponds to the English “breast” or bosom. What stirs the spirit of Elihu is not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:18”

[I said], I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. I also will show mine opinion – In this language, as in Job 32:6, there is a delicate expression of modesty in the Hebrew which does not appear in our translation. It is ‘aph ‘any – even I. Even one so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:17”

When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;) 16 17. Job 32:16 is most naturally to be taken as a question, 16. And shall I wait because they speak not, Because they stand still and answer no more? 17. I will answer also my part, &c. The discomfiture … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:16”

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 15. they left off speaking ] lit. words have removed, or, are gone from them (Gen 12:8) they are reduced to silence. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 15 22. Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:15”

Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. 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 none of the provocations which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:14”

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. 13 14. These verses mean, 13. Say not, We have found wisdom, God may thrust him down, not man; 14. For he hath not directed his words against me, &c. Elihu refuses to let the three friends excuse themselves for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:13”

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words: There was none of you that convinced Job – There was no one to produce conviction on his mind, or rather, there was no one to reprove him by answering him – mokiyach anah. They … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:12”

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. 11. I gave ear to your reasons ] Or, I listened for your reasons, until ye should search out what to say. The meaning seems to be that Elihu looked for further and different arguments from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:11”

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. I said within myself, and now I say it with my mouth. Hearken to me; thou, Job, especially, who art more nearly concerned, (to whom therefore he speaketh in the singular number,) and thy friends with thee. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:10”

Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 9. Great men ] Or, old men great in age, as the parallel in the second clause explains; cf. Gen 25:23 (lit. the greater shall serve the less). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Great men are not always wise – … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 32:9”