the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Job 32:12
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I paid close attention to you.Yet no one proved Job wrong;not one of you refuted his arguments.
Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Iyov, Or who answered his words, among you.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job or who answered his words.
I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.
Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!
"I even paid close attention to [what] you [said], Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him], Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.
"I also paid close attention to you; But indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.
Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Job, Or who answered his words, among you.
Yea, when I had considered you, lo, there was none of you that reproued Iob, nor answered his wordes:
I even carefully considered you;And behold, there was no one who reproved Job,Not one of you who answered his words.
I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
but not one of you proved Job to be wrong.
I paid attention to you, but none of you convicted Iyov or refuted his arguments.
Yea, I gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words;
I listened carefully to what you said. Not one of you proved Job wrong. Not one of you answered his arguments.
Yea, I understood your testimony, and, behold, there was none of you that could reprove Job, or that could answer his words,
And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you.
yea, I paid attention to you, and behold, not one of you proved Job wrong, nor answered his sayings;
yee when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I founde not one of you that made eny good argument agaynst Iob, or that directly coude make answere vnto his wordes:
Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none that convinced Job, or that answered his words, among you.
Yea, I attended vnto you: and beholde, there was none of you that conuinced Iob, or that answered his words:
Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob, that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes,
and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument,
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none that convinced Job, or that answered his words, among you.
And as long as Y gesside you to seie ony thing, Y bihelde; but as Y se, `noon is of you, that may repreue Joob, and answere to hise wordis;
Yes, I attended to you, And, look, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
Yes, I attended to you, and behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:
I paid close attention to you; And surely not one of you convinced Job, Or answered his words--
I have listened, but not one of you has refuted Job or answered his arguments.
I was careful to listen to you. There was no one who could prove that Job was wrong. None of you could answer his words.
I gave you my attention, but there was in fact no one that confuted Job, no one among you that answered his words.
Yea, unto you, gave I diligent heed, - But lo! there was, for Job, nothing to convince, nor could you of you answer his speeches.
And as long as I thought you said some thing, I considered: but, as I see, there is none of you that can convince Job, and answer his words.
I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, [Or] answerer of his sayings among you.
"I even paid close attention to you; Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.
Contextual Overview
Elihu
I am young, and you are old, so I was afraid to tell you what I think. 7 I told myself that you ought to speak, that you older men should share your wisdom. 8 But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom. 9 It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right. 10 So now I want you to listen to me; let me tell you what I think. 11 I listened patiently while you were speaking and waited while you searched for wise phrases. 12 I paid close attention and heard you fail; you have not disproved what Job has said. 13 How can you claim you have discovered wisdom? God must answer Job, for you have failed. 14 Job was speaking to you, not to me, but I would never answer the way you did.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
unto you: Weadeychem is rendered "and your testimonies," by the Syriac, Arabic, and LXX, and one of De Rossi's manuscripts (874) is so pointed as to require this reading.
behold: Job 32:3, 1 Timothy 1:7
Reciprocal: Job 5:27 - we have searched Job 29:21 - gave ear Job 32:4 - waited till Job had spoken Job 33:5 - If
Cross-References
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.
He instructed them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him."
After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 males.
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever."
God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.
Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being—he does not change his mind."
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yea, I attended unto you,.... Very closely, with great application and diligence, endeavouring to get, as it were, within them, and thoroughly understand the meaning of what they said:
and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job; which was not owing to his obstinacy, but to want of proof in them, their words and arguments; they had charged Job highly, as particularly Eliphaz,
Job 22:5; but then they failed in their proof; they produced nothing to support their allegations:
[or] that answered his words; the arguments and reasons he gave in proof of his own innocence and uprightness, or the instances he produced, showing that God often afflicted good men, and suffered the wicked to prosper; and therefore no argument could be drawn from God's dealings with men, proving they were either of this or the other character, good or bad men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There was none of you that convinced Job - There was no one to produce conviction on his mind, or rather, there was no one to reprove him by answering him - ענה מוכיח môkiyach ‛ânâh. They were completely silenced: and had nothing to reply to the arguments which he had advanced, and to his reflections on the divine government.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 32:12. Yea, I attended unto you — Instead of ועדיכם veadeychem, and unto you, one MS. reads the above letters with points that cause it to signify and your testimonies; which is the reading of the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint.
Behold, there was none of you that convinced Job — Confuted Job. They spoke multitudes of words, but were unable to overthrow his arguments.