Job 32:2

And Elihu, the son of Barachel (the) Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was wroth, and had indignation; and he was wroth against Job, for he said himself to be just before God, (or and he was angry against Job, for he had said himself to be righteous before God).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Forsooth these three men left off to answer Job, for he seemed a just man to them. (And then these three men gave up trying to answer Job, for he continued to see himself as a righteous, or an innocent, man.)

3And also Elihu had indignation against the three friends of Job, for they had found no reasonable answer, but only had condemned Job (or but had only condemned Job).

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Cross References

Genesis 22:21Huz the first begotten (or Huz the first-born), and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Job 15:5For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou followest the tongue of blasphemers.

Job 27:2God liveth, that hath taken away my doom, and Almighty God, that hath brought my soul to bitterness. (The Lord God liveth, who hath taken away my justice, and Almighty God, who hath brought my soul to bitterness.)

Job 30:21Thou art changed into cruel to me, and in the hardness of thine hand thou art adversary to me. (Thou art cruel towards me, and with thy hard hand thou hast become an adversary to me.)

Job 34:5For Job said, I am just, and God hath turned my justness upside down. (For Job said, I am innocent, but God hath turned my justice, or my sentence, upside down.)

Job 35:2Whether thy thought seemeth even, either rightful, to thee, that thou shouldest say, I am right-fuller than God? [or I am more rightwise than God?]

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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