he proposes to take a new method with Job, different from theirs; and now they hearing all this from a young man, they were filled with amazement, and struck with silence; and after he had waited a while to observe whether they would say anything or not, he determined to take his turn, and show his opinion also
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Job 32:11
Job 32:11
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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 32:11Job 32:11 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI waited for: Job 32:4, Job 29:21, Job 29:23
reasons: Heb. understandings, Instead of tevoonotheychem:, nine manuscripts read techoonotheychem:, "your arguments;" but the sense is nearly the same.
whilst: Ad…Job 32:11Job 32:11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleBehold, I waited for your words,.... With great desire, with great eagerness and earnestness, in hope of meeting with arguments fully satisfying and convincing; he waited for them, as for the rain, and the latter rain,…