God’s Word Translation
Job 33:32
32If you have a response, answer me. Speak, because I’d be happy if you were right.
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
30to turn their souls away from the pit and to enlighten them with the light of life. 31“Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak. If you have a response, answer me. Speak, because I’d be happy if you were right. 33If not, you listen to me. Keep quiet, and I’ll teach you wisdom.”
Read all of Job 33Job 33:32 word by word
אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּ֥ין הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר כִּֽי־חָפַ֥צְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:32
- Job 15:4Yes, you destroy the fear ⌞of God⌟ and diminish devotion to God.
- Job 21:27“You see, I know your thoughts and the schemes you plot against me
- Job 22:5“Aren’t you really very wicked? Is there no end to your wrongdoing?
- Job 27:5It’s unthinkable for me to admit that you are right. Until I breathe my last breath, I will never give up my claim of integrity.
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
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
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