Job 32:15

Job 32:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
• New International Version (NIV)“They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"They are dismayed; they answer no more; they have not a word to say.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They are dismayed and answer no more; Words escape them.

Context of Job 32:15

13Beware if you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’ 14Now Job has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no reason to be offended], Nor will I answer him with arguments like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.] “They (Job’s friends) are dismayed and embarrassed, they no longer answer; The words have moved away and failed them,” [says Elihu]. 16“And shall I wait, because they say nothing, But stand still and say no more? 17I too will give my share of answers; I too will express my opinion and share my knowledge.

Job 32:15 word by word

חַ֭תּוּ לֹא־עָ֣נוּ ע֑וֹד הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּ מֵהֶ֣ם מִלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They were amazedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• they answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• no more: they left offעָתַק‛âthaq · to proceedH6275
• speakingמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405

Cross-references for Job 32:15

• Job 6:24“Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.
• Job 29:22After I spoke, they did not speak again, And my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].
• Matthew 7:23And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’
• Matthew 22:22When they heard this, they were caught off guard, and they left Him and went away.

Commentaries on Job 32:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15They were amazed - Mr. Good translates: "They (the speeches) are dissipated; they no longer produce effect; the words have flirted away from them." Your words, being without proper reference and point, are scattered into thin air: there is nothing but sound in them; they are quite destitute of sense. But I prefer the words as spoken of Job's friends. They took their several parts in the controversy as long as they could hope to maintain their ground: for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15They were amazed - There also are the words of Elihu, and are designed to express his astonishment that the three friends of Job did not answer him. He says that they were completely silenced, and he repeats this to call attention to the remarkable fact that men who began so confidently, and who still held on to their opinion, had not one word more to say. There is some reason to suppose, from the change of person here from the second to the third, that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great refreshment to a good man, to speak for the glory of the Lord, and to edify others. And the more we consider the majesty of God, as our Maker, and the more we dread his wrath and justice, the less shall we sinfully fear or flatter men. Could we set the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Some translations read, "you are silent, now that you stand and no longer reply." Thus, Elihu addresses Job's friends. The Berean Standard Bible translates they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply. This interprets Elihu talking to Job about his friends.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Here Elihu turns from the friends to Job: and so passes from the second person to the third; a transition frequent in a rebuke (Job 18:3, 4). they left off--Words were taken from them.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Constrain
• Elihu
• Understanding
• Elihu (2)
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings