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Job 32:6
Job 32:6
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Job 32 — OverviewJob 32 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe 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…Job 32 — OverviewJob 32 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 32:1, Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends; Job 32:6, Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth; Job 32:11, He reproves them for not satisfying Job; Job 32:16, His zeal to…Job 32 — OverviewJob 32 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob's three friends being silenced, and having no more to say in reply to him, Elihu, of whose descent some account is given, a bystander and hearer of the whole dispute between them, rises up as a moderator, and…Job 32:6-14Job 32:6-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleElihu here appears to have been,
I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man
of abilities, yet not pert, and confident, and assuming: his face
shone, and, like Moses, he did not know it,…Job 32:6Job 32:6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblethough it may be Eliphaz may not barely have respect to themselves and their age, but to their ancestors, their fathers, from whom they had their knowledge, when they were but of yesterday, and knew little, and so…Job 32:6Job 32:6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblebut since there is a spirit in man, that gives understanding to men of every age, and old men are not always wise, he desires they would hearken to him while he delivered his sentiments on the subject in debate