Job 32:2

Then Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, grew angry. He was angry with Job for claiming he was right rather than God.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Job's three friends stopped responding to him because he kept on protesting his innocence.

3Elihu was also angry at Job's three friends because they made it seem that God was wrong, because they had not been able to answer Job.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:21Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),

Job 15:5It's your sins that are doing the talking, and you are choosing deceptive words.

Job 27:2“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

Job 30:21You have turned cruel to me; you use your power to make me suffer.

Job 34:5Job said, ‘I am innocent, and God has denied me justice.

Job 35:2“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?

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 →

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