Job 33:32

Louis Segond

Si tu as quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi! Parle, car je voudrais te donner raison.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Si tu as quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi; parle, car je désire te justifier.

Darby's French Translation
S'il y a quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi; parle, car je désire que tu sois trouvé juste;

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et si tu as de quoi parler, réponds-moi, parle; car je désire de te justifier.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 15:4, Job 15:5, Job 21:27, Job 22:5-9, Job 27:5

Reciprocal: Job 13:19 - that will plead Job 33:5 - If Job 34:33 - what

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou hast anything to say, answer me,.... Any thing to object to what he had delivered, or any answer to return to what he had charged him with:

speak, for I desire to justify thee. Elihu was a fair antagonist, and gave free liberty, time and space, to make whatsoever reply he thought fit, and which he should patiently and attentively hear: his view was not victory, but that truth might come out, and take place and prevail, having nothing more at heart than Job's good; and could wish it would appear that he was in all respects a just man, and even in that in which he thought he was not just; but could he fairly acquit himself it would be a pleasure to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If thou hast anything to say, answer me - In the previous verse, Elihu had asked that Job would hear all that he had to say. Yet here, in view of what he had said, he asks of him that if there were any thing from which he dissented, he would now express his dissent. We may suppose that he paused at this part of his speech, and as what he had said related particularly to Job, he felt that it was proper that he should have an opportunity to reply.

For I desire to justify thee - I would do you justice. I would not pervert what you have said, or attribute to you any wrong opinions or any improper motives Perhaps there may be included also a wish to vindicate him, if he possibly could. He did not desire to dispute for the sake of disputing, or to blame him if he could avoid it, but his aim was the truth; and if he could, he wished to vindicate the character of Job from the aspersions which had been cast upon it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 33:32. If thou hast any thing to say — If thou hast any objection to make against what I have already stated, now answer, now speak freely; for it is my desire that thou shouldst stand clear of all charges.