So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
to answer. Heb. from answering. righteous
Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my …
Job 10:2,7 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me…
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my …
Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered …
Job 27:4-6 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit…
Job 29:11-17 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, …
Job 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think on a maid?
Job 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there …
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.
kindled
Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of …
Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved …
Ephesians 4:26 Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath:
Buzite
Genesis 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
because
Job 10:3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise …
Job 27:2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who …
Job 34:5,6,17,18 For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment…
Job 35:2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
Job 40:8 Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may …
Luke 10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
himself. Heb. his soul
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
the inspiration
Job 4:12-21 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof…
Job 33:16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Job 35:11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser …
Job 38:36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding …
Genesis 41:39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God has showed you all …
1 Kings 3:12,28 Behold, I have done according to your words: see, I have given you …
1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and …
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, …
Daniel 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in …
Daniel 2:21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets …
1 Corinthians 2:10-12 But God has revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches …
1 Corinthians 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another …
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for …
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all …
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Great
Jeremiah 5:5 I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they …
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …
John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
1 Corinthians 1:26,27 For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after …
1 Corinthians 2:7,8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, …
James 2:6,7 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and …
neither
Job 12:20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding …
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who …
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
I waited for
Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Job 29:21,23 To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel…
reasons. Heb. understandings (Instead of tevoonotheychem, nine MSS. read techoonotheychem, 'your arguments;' but the sense is nearly the same.)
whilst (Ad tachkeroon millin, 'whilst ye were searching for words;' a fine irony, which they must have felt.)
Job 5:27 See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
Proverbs 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes …
Proverbs 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding …
Ecclesiastes 12:9,10 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the …
what to say. Heb. words
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Lest
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that …
Judges 7:2 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too …
Isaiah 48:5,7 I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came …
Zechariah 12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first…
We
Job 12:2 No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:8-10 Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself…
Isaiah 5:21 Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
Ezekiel 28:3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can …
1 Corinthians 1:19-21,27-29 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will …
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise …
God
Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I …
Job 2:10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. …
Job 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils …
Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof …
Job 19:6,21 Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net…
John 19:11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except …
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
amazed
Job 6:24,25 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein …
Job 29:22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped on them.
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, …
Matthew 22:22,26,34,46 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and …
left off speaking. Heb. removed speeches from themselves
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
accept
Job 13:8 Will you accept his person? will you contend for God?
Job 34:19 How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor …
Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect …
Deuteronomy 1:17 You shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the …
Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither …
Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect …
Matthew 22:16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, …
flattering
2 Samuel 14:17,20 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be …
Acts 12:22,23 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and …
Acts 24:2,3 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, …
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
