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Texts -- Job 32:11-22 (NET)

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32:11 Look , I waited for you to speak ; I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words . 32:12 Now I was paying you close attention , yet there was no one proving Job wrong , not one of you was answering his statements ! 32:13 So do not say , ‘We have found wisdom ! God will refute him, not man !’ 32:14 Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments .
Job’s Friends Failed to Answer
32:15 “They are dismayed and cannot answer any more ; they have nothing left to say . 32:16 And I have waited . But because they do not speak , because they stand there and answer no more , 32:17 I too will answer my part , I too will explain what I know . 32:18 For I am full of words , and the spirit within me constrains me. 32:19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet , like new wineskins ready to burst ! 32:20 I will speak , so that I may find relief ; I will open my lips , so that I may answer . 32:21 I will not show partiality to anyone , nor will I confer a title on any man . 32:22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles , if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • What this book is all about has been the subject of considerable debate. Many people think God gave it to us to provide His answer to the age-old problem of suffering. In particular, many believe it is in the Bible to help us...
  • I. Prologue chs. 1-2A. Job's character 1:1-5B. Job's calamities 1:6-2:101. The first test 1:6-222. The second test 2:1-10C. Job's comforters 2:11-13II. The dialogue concerning the basis of the divine-human relationship 3:1-42...
  • The writer composed the prologue and epilogue of this book in prose narrative and the main body (3:1-42:6) in poetry. The prologue and epilogue form a frame around the main emphasis of the revelation, the poetic section, and ...
  • Really four men came to visit Job, though the writer did not mention Elihu's presence until chapter 32. Eliphaz seems to have been the eldest for several reasons. His name occurs first (2:11; 42:9), he spoke before the others...
  • Because the speech in this chapter is more soliloquy than dialogue some scholars have concluded that someone other than Job spoke it: Zophar, Bildad, or God. One writer argued for its being a speech by none of the characters,...
  • Many critical scholars believe that a later editor inserted chapters 32-37 in the text of Job.135Most conservatives believe there is ample external and internal evidence indicating that this section of chapters fits into the ...
  • Before Elihu began presenting his views (ch. 33), he first had to gain the attention of his elders and to explain why he wanted to speak (32:6-22)....
  • Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job's three friends (vv. 6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason he said he had refrained from speaking until now. However he had become convinced that advancing age does not...
  • This whole speech is an attempt to explain to Job why God was not responding to him. Elihu was very wordy, which he admitted in 32:18. In summary, he told Job that God was not silent, as Job had charged, but that He was speak...
  • Andersen, Francis I. Job. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries series. Leicester, Eng. and Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1976.Archer, Gleason L., Jr. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Revised ed. Chicago: Moody...
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