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He was angry at Job because he had justified<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> himself rather than God. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.32.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I am young in years,</p><p class="poem">while you are old;</p><p class="poem">therefore I was timid and afraid</p><p class="poem">to tell<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you what I know.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I thought that age should speak</p><p class="poem">and maturity should teach wisdom.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But it is the spirit in a person—</p><p class="poem">the breath<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from the Almighty—</p><p class="poem">that gives anyone understanding.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It is not only the old who are wise</p><p class="poem">or the elderly who understand how to judge.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore I say, “Listen to me.</p><p class="poem">I too will declare what I know.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Look, I waited for your conclusions;</p><p class="poem">I listened to your insights</p><p class="poem">as you sought for words.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I paid close attention to you.</p><p class="poem">Yet no one proved Job wrong;</p><p class="poem">not one of you refuted his arguments.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;</p><p class="poem">let God deal with him, not man.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But Job has not directed his argument to me,</p><p class="poem">and I will not respond to him with your arguments.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;</p><p class="poem">words have left them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,</p><p class="poem">now that they stand there and no longer answer?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I too will answer;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.32.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">yes, I will tell what I know.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I am full of words,</p><p class="poem">and my spirit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.32.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> compels me to speak.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My heart<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.32.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> is like unvented wine;</p><p class="poem">it is about to burst like new wineskins.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I must speak so that I can find relief;</p><p class="poem">I must open my lips and respond.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I will be partial to no one,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.32.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.32.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I do not know how to give such titles;</p><p class="poem">otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.32" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.32.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.3">32:3</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">condemned God</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.32.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.17">32:17</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">answer my part</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.32.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.18">32:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and the spirit of my belly</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.32.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.19">32:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">belly</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.32" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.32.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.1">32:1</a></span> Jb 10:7; 33:9; 34:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.2">32:2</a></span> Gn 22:21; Jr 25:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.2">32:2</a></span> Jb 33:32; Jr 3:11; Ezk 16:51–52</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.6">32:6</a></span> Jb 15:17; 36:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.8">32:8</a></span> Gn 2:7; Jb 33:4; Is 42:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.18">32:18</a></span> Jb 19:3; 32:18; Ac 4:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.19">32:19</a></span> Jb 15:35; 37:1; Pr 20:27,30</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.32.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.32.21">32:21</a></span> Dt 10:17; Jb 13:8; 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