Job 32:2

NETBible

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. 1  He was angry 2  with Job for justifying 3  himself rather than God. 4 

NIV ©

But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

NASB ©

But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

NLT ©

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.

MSG ©

Then Elihu lost his temper. (Elihu was the son of Barakel the Buzite from the clan of Ram.) He blazed out in anger against Job for pitting his righteousness against God's.

BBE ©

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

NRSV ©

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;

NKJV ©

Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.

KJV
Then was kindled
<02734> (8799)
the wrath
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of Elihu
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the son
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of Barachel
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the Buzite
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of the kindred
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of Ram
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against Job
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was his wrath
<0639>
kindled
<02734> (8804)_,
because he justified
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himself
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rather than God
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{himself: Heb. his soul}
NASB ©
But the anger
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of Elihu
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the son
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of Barachel
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the Buzite
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, of the family
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of Ram
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burned
<2734>
; against Job
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his anger
<639>
burned
<2734>
because
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he justified
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himself
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before
<4480>
God
<430>
.
LXXM
wrgisyh
<3710> 
V-API-3S
de
<1161> 
PRT
eliouv {N-PRI} o
<3588> 
T-NSM
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
baracihl {N-PRI} o
<3588> 
T-NSM
bouzithv {N-NSM} ek
<1537> 
PREP
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
suggeneiav
<4772> 
N-GSF
ram {N-PRI} thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
ausitidov {N-GSF} cwrav
<5561> 
N-GSF
wrgisyh
<3710> 
V-API-3S
de
<1161> 
PRT
tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
iwb
<2492> 
N-PRI
sfodra
<4970> 
ADV
dioti
<1360> 
CONJ
apefhnen {V-AAI-3S} eauton
<1438> 
D-ASM
dikaion
<1342> 
A-ASM
enantion
<1726> 
PREP
kuriou
<2962> 
N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
Then Elihu
<0453>
son
<01121>
of Barakel
<01292>
the Buzite
<0940>
, of the family
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of Ram
<07410>
, became very angry
<0639>

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. He was angry
<0639>

<02734>
with Job
<0347>
for
<05921>
justifying
<06663>
himself
<05315>
rather than God
<0430>
.
HEBREW
Myhlam
<0430>
wspn
<05315>
wqdu
<06663>
le
<05921>
wpa
<0639>
hrx
<02734>
bwyab
<0347>
Mr
<07410>
txpsmm
<04940>
yzwbh
<0940>
lakrb
<01292>
Nb
<01121>
awhyla
<0453>
Pa
<0639>
rxyw (32:2)
<02734>
NETBible

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. 1  He was angry 2  with Job for justifying 3  himself rather than God. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn The verse begins with וַיִּחַר אַף (vayyikhar ’af, “and the anger became hot”), meaning Elihu became very angry.

2 tn The second comment about Elihu’s anger comes right before the statement of its cause. Now the perfect verb is used: “he was angry.”

3 tn The explanation is the causal clause עַל־צַדְּקוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ (’al-tsaddÿqo nafsho, “because he justified himself”). It is the preposition with the Piel infinitive construct with a suffixed subjective genitive.

4 tc The LXX and Latin versions soften the expression slightly by saying “before God.”