2 and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;
Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppresest me.
For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right, Against my right do I lie? Mortal `is' mine arrow -- without transgression.'
For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.
And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole 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:-