2 Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;
Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
For Job hath said, I am righteous, and ùGod hath taken away my judgment: Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.
For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.
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Commentary on Job 32 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 32
The stage is clear, for Job and his three friends have sat down, and neither he nor they have any thing more to say; it is therefore very seasonable for a moderator to interpose, and Elihu is the man. In this chapter we have,
And he did speak so well to this matter that Job made no reply to him, and God gave him no rebuke when he checked both Job himself and his other three friends.
Job 32:1-5
Usually young men are the disputants and old men the moderators; but here, when old men were the disputants, as a rebuke to them for their unbecoming heat, a young man is raised up to be the moderator. Divers of Job's friends were present, that came to visit him and to receive instruction. Now here we have,
Job 32:6-14
Elihu here appears to have been,
Job 32:15-22
Three things here apologize for Elihu's interposing as he does in this controversy which had already been canvassed by such acute and learned disputants:-