Job 33:32

Job 33:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
• New International Version (NIV)If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to vindicate you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.

Context of Job 33:32

30He saves a person from death, so that he does not go to his grave. He gives light to that person, so that he may enjoy his life. 31Job, listen carefully to me. Be quiet, and I will speak to you. After that, you may answer me, if you have something to say. If I could say that you have not done anything wrong, that would make me happy. 33But if you have nothing to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you how to be wise.’

Job 33:32 word by word

אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּ֥ין הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר כִּֽי־חָפַ֥צְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thou hastיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• any thing to sayמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• answerשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• me: speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• for I desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• to justifyצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663

Cross-references for Job 33:32

• Job 15:4You show that you do not respect God. You turn other people away from him.
• Job 21:27I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty.
• Job 22:5No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you.
• Job 27:5I will never agree that you, my three friends, are right. Until the day of my death, I will continue to say what I know is right.

Commentaries on Job 33:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32If thou hast any thing to say - If thou hast any objection to make against what I have already stated, now answer, now speak freely; for it is my desire that thou shouldst stand clear of all charges.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32If thou hast anything to say, answer me - In the previous verse, Elihu had asked that Job would hear all that he had to say. Yet here, in view of what he had said, he asks of him that if there were any thing from which he dissented, he would now express his dissent. We may suppose that he paused at this part of his speech, and as what he had said related particularly to Job, he felt that it was proper that he should have an opportunity to reply. For I…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-33Verses 29-33 Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward the children of men, is, to save them from being for ever miserable, and to bring them to be for ever happy. By whatever means we are kept back from the we shall bless the Lord for them at least, and should bless him for them though they be painful and distressing. Those that perish for ever are without excuse, for they would not be healed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32It sounds ironic that Elihu says he would like to vindicate Job. He joined the discussion because Job would not admit he had sinned (32:1–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. justify--to do thee justice; and, if I can, consistently with it, to declare thee innocent. At Job 33:33 Elihu pauses for a reply; then proceeds in Job 34:1.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Ransom
• Soul
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Commentaries on Job 33

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings