Job 32:13
So, do not say to yourselves, ‘We have discovered what is wise!’ It is God who must ◄refute Job/show that what Job said was wrong►, because you three have not been able to do that.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
In Context
14Job was replying to you, not to me, but I will not reply to him by saying what you three said.
Cross References
Genesis 14:23that I will not accept even one thread or a thong of a sandal from anything that belongs to you. As a result, you will never be able to say, ‘I caused Abram to become rich.’
Job 1:21He said, “When I was born, I had no clothes on. When I die, I will not take any clothes with me. Yahweh gave me everything that I possessed, and now he has taken it all away. But ◄we should/I will► always praise Yahweh anyway! [MTY]”
Job 4:9They die when God angrily blows his breath on them, when he is very angry with them.
Job 12:2“You ◄talk as though/You think► [SAR] that you are the people whom everyone should listen to, and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
Job 19:6you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. It is as though he has trapped me with his net.
Isaiah 5:21Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they ◄are very clever/know everything►.
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 →