Job 32 Free Bible Version
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1 Job's three friends stopped responding to him because he kept on protesting his innocence.
1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, grew angry. He was angry with Job for claiming he was right rather than God.
2 Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
3 Elihu was also angry at Job's three friends because they made it seem that God was wrong, because they had not been able to answer Job.
3 Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
4 Elihu had waited for the other three to speak with Job since they were older than he was.
4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
5 But when he saw that they could not answer Job, he grew very angry.
5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
6 Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, said, “I am young, and you are old, which is why I was reluctant to tell you what I know.
6 Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.
7 I told myself, ‘Those who are older should speak—those who are elderly should teach wisdom.’
7 I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
8 However, there is a spirit in human beings, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
8 But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
9 It is not the old who are wise, or the elderly who know what is right.
9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
10 That's why I'm telling you to listen to me now—let me tell you what I know.
10 Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’
11 Well, I waited to hear what you had to say, listening for your insights as you looked for the right words to speak.
11 “Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
12 I paid close attention to all of you, and none of you have proved Job wrong or answered his arguments.
12 Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.
13 Don't say to yourselves, ‘We are so wise,’ for God will prove him wrong, not a human being.
13 Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’
14 Job didn't line up his arguments against me, and I won't answer him the way you did.
14 for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15 You sit there speechless with nothing left to say.
15 “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
16 Should I continue to wait since you're no longer talking, just standing there saying nothing?
16 Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
17 No—now I'll give my answer too. I'll tell you what I know.
17 I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
18 I have so much to say I can't hold the words back!
18 For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.
19 Inside I'm like fermenting wine all bottled up; like new wineskins ready to explode!
19 Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
20 I have to speak before I burst; I will open my lips to answer him.
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
21 I will not take sides, and I'm not going to flatter anyone.
21 Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
22 I don't know how to flatter, and if I did my Creator would soon destroy me.”
22 For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.
People & places in this chapter
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Barachel
A Buzite named as the father of Elihu, who spoke to Job.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6
Elihu
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job and his three friends and spoke after they fell silent.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6; Job 34:1
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 10:7; Job 33:9; Job 10:2; Job 13:15; Job 27:4–6
- 2 Genesis 22:21; Job 27:5; Job 27:2; Job 35:2; Job 40:8
- 3 Job 8:6; Job 24:25; Job 22:5–30; Job 25:2–6; Acts 24:5
- 4 Job 32:11–12; Proverbs 18:13
- 5 Exodus 32:19; Job 32:2
- 6 Job 15:10; 1 Timothy 5:1; 1 Peter 5:5; Titus 2:6; 1 Samuel 17:28–30
- 7 Proverbs 16:31; Job 12:12; Hebrews 5:12; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Psalm 34:11–12
- 8 Job 38:36; Job 33:4; 2 Timothy 3:16; Proverbs 2:6; James 1:5
- 9 Matthew 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:26–27; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Job 12:20; 1 Corinthians 2:7–8
- 10 1 Corinthians 7:40; 1 Corinthians 7:25
- 11 Proverbs 18:17; Ecclesiastes 12:9–10; Job 29:23; Job 32:4; Proverbs 28:11
- 12 Job 32:3; 1 Timothy 1:7
- 13 Jeremiah 9:23; Isaiah 5:21; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Job 4:9
- 15 Matthew 22:34; Job 29:22; Matthew 22:46; Matthew 22:26; Matthew 7:23
- 16 James 1:19; Job 13:5; Proverbs 17:28; Amos 5:13
- 17 Job 33:12; Job 32:10; Job 35:3–4
- 18 Psalm 39:3; Acts 4:20; Jeremiah 20:9; Ezekiel 3:14–27; 2 Corinthians 5:13–14
- 19 Matthew 9:17
- 20 Job 21:3; Job 20:2; Job 13:19; Proverbs 8:6–7; Job 13:13
- 21 Leviticus 19:15; Job 13:8; 2 Samuel 14:20; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19
- 22 Psalm 12:2–3; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Proverbs 29:5; Job 17:5; Galatians 1:10
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