2 Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Is it good to you that you should oppress, That you should despise the work of your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right: Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
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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:-