Job 32:13
Lest you say, We have found wisdom, || God thrusts him away, not man.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
In Context
14And he has not set words in array for me, || And I do not answer him with your sayings.
Cross References
Genesis 14:23from a thread even to a shoe-strap I do not take of anything which you have, that you do not say, I have made Abram rich;
Job 1:21and he says, “I came forth naked from the womb of my mother, || And naked I return there. YHWH has given and YHWH has taken; Let the Name of YHWH be blessed.”
Job 4:9From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
Job 12:2“Truly—you [are] the people, and wisdom dies with you.
Job 19:6Know now, that God turned me upside down, || And has set around His net against me,
Isaiah 5:21Woe [to] the wise in their own eyes, || And—before their own faces—intelligent!
Matthew Henry on Job 32:7-15
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your… Read the whole commentary →