Job 32 (NET)

Job 32:1¹So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 10:7Job 33:9Job 10:2Job 13:15Job 27:4-6Job 23:7Job 29:11-17Job 31:1-40Job 6:29

Job 32:2²Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 22:21Job 27:2Job 27:5Job 35:2Job 40:8Eph 4:26Job 10:3Job 30:21Job 34:17-18Job 34:5-6

Job 32:3³With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 8:6Job 22:5-30Job 24:25Acts 24:13Acts 24:5Job 15:34Job 25:2-6Job 26:2-4Job 32:1

Job 32:4⁴Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 32:11-12Prov 18:13

Job 32:5⁵But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:19Job 32:2

Job 32:6⁶So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: “I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 15:101 Tim 5:11 Pet 5:5Titus 2:61 Sam 17:28-30Job 15:7Lev 19:32Rom 13:7

Job 32:7⁷I said to myself, ‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:31Job 12:12Heb 5:121 Kgs 12:6-8Job 8:8-10Prov 1:1-4Ps 34:11-12

Job 32:8⁸But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 33:4Job 38:362 Tim 3:16Jas 1:5Prov 2:61 Cor 2:10-12Eccl 2:261 Kgs 3:12Dan 2:211 Kgs 3:28

Job 32:9⁹It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 11:25Eccl 4:13Job 12:201 Cor 1:26-271 Cor 2:7-8Jas 2:6-7John 7:48Jer 5:5

Job 32:10¹⁰Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:251 Cor 7:40

Job 32:11¹¹Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts, while you were searching for words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:9-10Job 29:21Job 29:23Job 32:4Job 5:27Prov 18:17Prov 28:11

Job 32:12¹²Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 32:31 Tim 1:7

Job 32:13¹³So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom. God will refute him, not man.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:231 Cor 1:27-291 Cor 3:18Isa 5:211 Cor 1:19-21Ezek 28:3Gen 14:23Isa 48:5Isa 48:7Job 1:21

Job 32:14¹⁴Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 32:15¹⁵“They are dismayed and cannot answer anymore; they have nothing left to say.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 29:22Job 6:24-25Matt 22:22Matt 22:26Matt 22:34Matt 22:46Matt 7:23

Job 32:16¹⁶And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:13Jas 1:19Job 13:5Prov 17:28

Job 32:17¹⁷I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 32:10Job 33:12Job 35:3-4

Job 32:18¹⁸For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 39:3Acts 4:20Ezek 3:14-27Jer 20:92 Cor 5:13-14

Job 32:19¹⁹Inside I am like wine that has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:17

Job 32:20²⁰I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 21:3Job 13:13Job 13:19Job 20:2Prov 8:6-7

Job 32:21²¹I will not show partiality to any person, nor will I confer a title on anyone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 19:15Job 13:82 Sam 14:172 Sam 14:20Acts 12:22-23Acts 24:2-3Deut 1:17Deut 16:19Job 13:10Job 34:19

Job 32:22²²For I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:2-31 Thess 2:5Prov 29:5Gal 1:10Job 17:5