32 2 Elihu reproveth them of folly. 8 Age maketh not a man wise, but the spirit of God.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [a]esteemed himself just.

Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the [b]Buzite, of the family of [c]Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself [d]more than God.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:1 Hebrew, was just in his own eyes.
  2. Job 32:2 Which came of Buz, the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
  3. Job 32:2 Or, as the Chaldean paraphrase readeth, Abram.
  4. Job 32:2 By making himself innocent, and by charging God of rigor.

Elihu

32 So these three men stopped answering Job,(A) because he was righteous in his own eyes.(B) But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(C) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(D) rather than God.(E)

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