Job 32

Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends

32So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.H7969H582H7673H6030H347H6662H58692Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;H2734H639H453H1121H1292H940H4940H7410H347H639H2734H6663H5315H4303he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, though they had declared Job to be in the wrong.H7969H7453H639H2734H4672H4617H7561H3474Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.H453H2442H347H1697H2205H31175But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry.H453H7200H4617H6310H7969H582H639H27346Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.H453H1121H1292H940H6030H559H6810H3117H3453H2119H3372H2331H18437I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'H559H3117H1696H7230H8141H3045H24518But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty, that makes for understanding.H403H7307H582H5397H7706H9959It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.H7227H2449H2205H995H494110Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'H559H8085H2331H184311"See, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.H3176H1697H238H8394H2713H440512I gave you my attention, but there was in fact no one that confuted Job, no one among you that answered his words.H995H3198H347H6030H56113Yet do not say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a human.'H559H4672H2451H410H5086H37614He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.H6186H4405H7725H56115"They are dismayed, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.H2865H6030H6275H440516And am I to wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?H3176H1696H5975H603017I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.H6030H2506H2331H184318For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.H4390H4405H7307H990H669319My heart is indeed like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.H990H3196H6605H1234H2319H17820I must speak, so that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.H1696H7304H6605H8193H603021I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone.H5375H376H6440H3655H12022For I do not know how to flatter—or my Maker would soon put an end to me!H3045H3655H6213H4592H5375