Job 32:6
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion.
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In Context
5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his anger was kindled.
7I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Job 12:12With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Job 15:10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
Job 35:1Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
Romans 13:7Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
Titus 2:6Likewise exhort the younger men to be sober-minded.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:2-6
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there… Read the whole commentary →