Job 32:1

So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

In Context

2Then the wrath of Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the familie of Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Iob, because he iustified himselfe more then God.

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Cross References

Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

Job 13:15Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

Job 22:5Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

Job 27:4My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.

Job 31:1I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?

Job 33:9I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.

Matthew Henry on Job 32:1

The stage is clear, for Job and his three friends have sat down, and neither he nor they have any thing more to say; it is therefore very seasonable for a moderator to interpose, and Elihu is the man. In this chapter we have, I. Some account of him, his parentage, his presence at this dispute, and his sentiments concerning it, ver. 1-5 . II. The apology he made for his bold undertaking to speak to a question which had been so largely and learnedly argued by his seniors. He pleads, 1. That, though he had not the… Read the whole commentary →

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