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Text -- Job 32:6-14 (NET)
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Context
Elihu Claims Wisdom
32:6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up : “I am young , but you are elderly ; that is why I was fearful , and afraid to explain to you what I know .
32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age should speak , and length of years should make wisdom known .’
32:8 But it is a spirit in people , the breath of the Almighty , that makes them understand .
32:9 It is not the aged who are wise , nor old men who understand what is right .
32:10 Therefore I say , ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know .’
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 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Elihu |
Job |
JOB, BOOK OF |
Heathen |
Pride |
Old Age |
Wisdom |
Barachel |
Modesty |
AGE; OLD AGE |
Children |
Reverence |
Humility |
PSYCHOLOGY |
DEATH |
Prophets |
INSPIRATION, 1-7 |
Age |
Mankind |
Holy Spirit |
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NET Notes: Job 32:6 The Piel infinitive with the preposition (מֵחַוֹּת, mekhavvot) means “from explaining.” Th...
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NET Notes: Job 32:8 This is the word נְשָׁמָה (nÿshamah, “breath”); according to Gen 2:7 it was breathed ...
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NET Notes: Job 32:9 The MT has “the great” or “the many,” meaning great in years according to the parallelism.
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NET Notes: Job 32:10 In most Hebrew mss this imperative is singular, and so addressed to Job. But two Hebrew mss and the versions have the plural. Elihu was probably addre...
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NET Notes: Job 32:11 The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension; but it also can refer to what that produces, esp...
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NET Notes: Job 32:13 The root is נָדַף (nadaf, “to drive away; to drive off”). Here it is in the abstract sense of “succeed...
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