Job 32:1

Job 32:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

Context of Job 32:1

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. 3He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Job 32:1 word by word

וַֽיִּשְׁבְּת֡וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָ֭אֵלֶּה מֵעֲנ֣וֹת אֶת־אִיּ֑וֹב כִּ֤י ה֖וּא צַדִּ֣יק בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So these threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• ceasedשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• to answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• in his own eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Job 32:1

• Job 6:29Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
• Job 10:2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
• Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
• Job 23:7There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
• Job 27:4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
• Job 29:11Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
• Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
• Job 33:9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.

Commentaries on Job 32:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1These three men ceased to answer Job - They supposed that it was of no use to attempt to reason any longer with a man who justified himself before God. The truth is, they failed to convince Job of any point, because they argued from false principles; and, as we have seen, Job had the continual advantage of them. There were points on which he might have been successfully assailed; but they did not know them. Elihu, better acquainted both with human nature…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1So these three men ceased to answer Job - Each had had three opportunities of replying to him, though in the last series of the controversy Zophar had been silent. Now all were silent; and though they do not appear in the least to have been convinced, or to have changed their opinion, yet they found no arguments with which to sustain their views. It was this, among other things, which induced Elihu to take up the subject. Because he was righteous in his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Elihu is displeased at the dispute between Job and his friends. (1-5) He reproves them. (6-14) He speaks without partiality. (15-22) Verses 1-5 Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Elihu was displeased with Job's friends because they had not been candid to Job. Seldom is a quarrel begun, more seldom is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Job's three friends did not succeed in comforting him (see 2:11; 6:14–30; 13:4; 16:2; 19:21; 42:10).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

Topics related to Job 32:1

• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Constrain
• Elihu
• Understanding
• 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