Job 32:6
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,.... Since there was no answer in them, he takes upon him to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And Elihu - “said, I am young” Margin, few of days. The Hebrew is, “I am small (צעיר tsâ‛ı̂yr) of days;” that is, I am…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I am young - How young he was, or how old they were, we cannot tell; but there was no doubt a great disparity in their…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 32:6-14
Elihu here appears to have been,
I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man of abilities, yet…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 32:6-10
Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom…
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