I will speak, that I may be refreshed,....
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Job 32:20
Job 32:20
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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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 32:15-22Job 32:15-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThree things here apologize for Elihu's interposing as he does in this
controversy which had already been canvassed by such acute and learned
disputants:--
1. That the stage was clear, and he did not break in…Job 32:20Job 32:20 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI will speak: Job 13:13, Job 13:19, Job 20:2, Job 21:3
be refreshed: Heb. breathe
I will open: Proverbs 8:6-7Job 32:20Job 32:20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblethey were uttered to give vent to his sorrow and grief, and not with any ill design against God or men; or the sense of the whole is, that they imagined that their words were right and fit to reprove with, and that…