Job 32

New American Standard Bible 1995

Elihu in Anger Rebukes Job

1Then theseH428 threeH7969 menH376 ceasedH7673 answeringH6030 JobH347, becauseH3588 he was 1righteousH6662 in his own eyesH5869. 2But the angerH639 of ElihuH453 the sonH1121 of BarachelH1292 the 2BuziteH940, of the familyH4940 of RamH7410 burnedH2734; against JobH347 his angerH639 burnedH2734 3becauseH5921 he justifiedH6663 himselfH5315 4 5beforeH4480 GodH430. 3And his angerH639 burnedH2734 against his threeH7969 friendsH7453 becauseH5921 H834 they had foundH4672 noH3808 answerH4617, and yet had condemnedH7561 JobH347. 4Now ElihuH453 had waitedH2442 6to speakH1697 to JobH347 becauseH3588 they were yearsH3117 olderH2205 thanH4480 he. 5And when ElihuH453 sawH7200 that thereH369 was noH369 answerH4617 in the mouthH6310 of the threeH7969 menH376 his angerH639 burnedH2734.

6So ElihuH453 the sonH1121 of BarachelH1292 the BuziteH940 7spokeH6030 out and saidH559, “I am youngH6810 in yearsH3117 and you are 8oldH3453; ThereforeH5921 H3651 I was shyH2119 and afraidH3372 to tellH2331 you 9whatH1843 I thinkH1843.7I 10thoughtH559 11 12ageH3117 should speakH1696, And 13increasedH7230 yearsH8141 should teachH3045 wisdomH2451.8But it is a spiritH7307 in manH582, And the 14breathH5397 of the AlmightyH7706 givesH995 them 15understandingH995.9The 16abundantH7227 in years may not be wiseH2449, NorH3808 may 17eldersH2205 understandH995 justiceH4941.10SoH3651 I 18sayH559, ‘ListenH8085 to me, I tooH637 will tellH2331 19whatH1843 I thinkH1843.’

11“BeholdH2005, I waitedH3176 for your wordsH1697, I listenedH238 to your reasoningsH8394, WhileH5704 you 20ponderedH2713 whatH4405 to sayH4405.12I even paidH995 closeH995 attentionH995 to you; 21IndeedH2009, thereH369 was noH369 oneH369 who refutedH3198 JobH347, Not one of you who answeredH6030 his wordsH561.13Do not sayH559, ‘22We have foundH4672 wisdomH2451; GodH410 will 23routH5086 him, not manH376.’14For he has not arrangedH6186 his wordsH4405 againstH413 me, NorH3808 will I replyH7725 to him with your 24argumentsH561.

15“They are dismayedH2865, they noH3808 longerH5750 answerH6030; WordsH4405 have 25failedH6275 them.16Shall I waitH3176, becauseH3588 they do not speakH1696, BecauseH3588 they 26stopH5975 and noH3808 longerH5750 answerH6030?17I tooH637 will answerH6030 my shareH2506, I alsoH637 will tellH2331 my opinionH1843.18For I am fullH4390 of wordsH4405; The spiritH7307 withinH990 me constrainsH6693 me.19BeholdH2009, my bellyH990 is like unventedH3808 H6605 wineH3196, Like newH2319 wineskinsH178 it is about to burstH1234.20Let me speakH1696 that I may getH7304 reliefH7304; Let me openH6605 my lipsH8193 and answerH6030.21Let me nowH4994 27be partialH5375 H6440 to noH408 oneH376, NorH3808 flatterH3655 any manH120.22For I do not knowH3045 how to flatterH3655, Else my MakerH6213 would soonH4592 takeH5375 me away.

1. Job 32:1 Job 10:7; 13:18; 27:5, 6; 31:6 ↩
2. Job 32:2 Gen 22:21 ↩
3. Job 32:2 Job 27:5, 6 ↩
4. Job 32:2 Or more than ↩
5. Job 32:2 Job 30:21 ↩
6. Job 32:4 Lit for Job with words; or possibly while they were speaking with Job ↩
7. Job 32:6 Lit answered ↩
8. Job 32:6 Job 15:10 ↩
9. Job 32:6 Lit my knowledge ↩
10. Job 32:7 Lit said ↩
11. Job 32:7 Lit days ↩
12. Job 32:7 Job 8:8, 9 ↩
13. Job 32:7 Lit many ↩
14. Job 32:8 Job 33:4 ↩
15. Job 32:8 Job 38:36 ↩
16. Job 32:9 Or nobles ↩
17. Job 32:9 Job 32:7 ↩
18. Job 32:10 Or said ↩
19. Job 32:10 Lit my knowledge ↩
20. Job 32:11 Lit searched out words ↩
21. Job 32:12 Lit Behold ↩
22. Job 32:13 Jer 9:23 ↩
23. Job 32:13 Lit drive away ↩
24. Job 32:14 Lit words ↩
25. Job 32:15 Lit moved away from ↩
26. Job 32:16 Lit stand ↩
27. Job 32:21 Lev 19:15; Job 13:8, 10; 34:19 ↩