Job 32:6

And Elihu ben Barakhel the Buzi answered and said, 1 I am young, 1 and ye are very old; 1 wherefore I was afraid, and dared not tell you 1 of what I have da'as. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 shew you mine opinion.

In Context

5When Elihu saw that there was no ma'aneh in the mouth of these shloshet ha'anashim, then his wrath was kindled.

7I said, Yamim should speak, 1 and multitude of shanim should teach chochmah. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the old, and honor the face of the zaken, and fear Eloheicha: I am Hashem.

Job 12:12With the ancient ones is chochmah; 1 and in orech yamim (length of days) is binah (understanding). 1

Job 15:10Both the grayheaded and very aged men are among us, 1 much elder than avicha. 1

Job 35:1Elihu spoke moreover, and said: 1

Romans 13:7Render to everyone their due: tribute to whom tribute is due, tax to whom tax; fear to whom fear is due, respect to whom respect.

Titus 2:6The bochrim, similarly, you exhort to have seichel

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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