Job 33:32
If there are words—answer me, || Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
In Context
31Attend, O Job, listen to me, || Keep silent, and I speak.
33If there are not—listen to me, || Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
Cross References
Job 21:27Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
Job 27:5Defilement to me—if I justify you, || Until I expire I do not turn aside my integrity from me.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:30-33
29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. We have here the conclusion of this first part of Elihu's discourse, in which, 1. He briefly sums up what he had said, showing that God's great… Read the whole commentary →