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

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. “Job’s friends have been overwhelmed and don’t have any more answers. They don’t have another word to say. 16Should I wait because they don’t speak, because they stand there and don’t have any more answers? 17“I’ll give my answer. I’ll tell you what I know.

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 6:24Teach me, and I’ll be silent. Show me where I’ve been wrong.
• Job 29:22After I had spoken, they wouldn’t speak again. After all, my words fell gently on them.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them publicly, ‘I’ve never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.’
• Matthew 22:22They were surprised to hear this. Then they left him alone 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