God’s Word Translation
Job 32:12
12I’ve paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says.
Job 32:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
- New International Version (NIV)I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job or who answered his words.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I paid close attention to you; And surely not one of you convinced Job, Or answered his words—
Context of Job 32:12
10“That is why I say, ‘Listen to me! Let me tell you what I know.’ 11I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words. I’ve paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says. 13So don’t say, ‘We’ve found wisdom. Let God, not humans, defeat him.’ 14Job did not choose his words to refute me, so I won’t answer him with your speeches.
Read all of Job 32Job 32:12 word by word
וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵ֣ין לְאִיּ֣וֹב מוֹכִ֑יחַ עוֹנֶ֖ה אֲמָרָ֣יו מִכֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 32:12
- Job 32:3Elihu was also very angry with Job’s three friends because they had found no answer. They made it look as if God were wrong.
- 1 Timothy 1:7They want to be experts in Moses’ Teachings. However, they don’t understand what they’re talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently.
Commentaries on Job 32:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Yea, I attended unto you - Instead of ועדיכם veadeychem, and unto you, one MS. reads the above letters with points that cause it to signify and your testimonies; which is the reading of the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint. Behold, there was none of you that convinced Job - Confuted Job. They spoke multitudes of words, but were unable to overthrow his arguments.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12There 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 - ענה מוכיח môkiyach ‛ânâh They were completely silenced: and had nothing to reply to the arguments which he had advanced, and to his reflections on the divine government.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-37Job 32:1-37:24. Speech of Elihu. 1-6. Prose (poetry begins with "I am young"). because, &c.--and because they could not prove to him that he was unrighteous.Read the comment
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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
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