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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Job 32:17

[I said], I will answer also my part,.... Or take his turn in giving an answer to Job; what they had given being quite insufficient and unsuitable:

I also will show mine opinion; knowledge, or sentiment; this for a while he was fearful of doing, but, upon a thorough and serious consideration of things, he determined upon it, and now repeats it, to assure he would do it; the reasons of which follow.

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See also Job 32:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 32:17. _I WILL ANSWER ALSO MY PART_] אענה חלקי _aaneh chelki_, "I will recite my portion." We have already seen that the book of Job is a sort of _drama_, in which several persons have thei...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I ALSO WILL SHOW MINE OPINION - In this language, as in Job 32:6, there is a delicate expression of modesty in the Hebrew which does not appear in our translation. It is אף־אני _'aph_ _'ănı̂y_ - even...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 32--33:7 _ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_ 2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6) 3. His address to Job (Job 33:1) Job 32:1. As

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God will prevent his showing partiality....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 32:16 is most naturally to be taken as a question, 16. And shall I wait because they speak not, Because they stand still and answer no more? 17. I will answer also my part, &c. The discomfitur...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 32:11-22 11 BEHOLD, I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended onto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, O...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _I SAID, I WILL ANSWER ALSO MY PART, I ALSO WILL SHEW MINE OPINION._ My part - for my part. Maurer translates Job 32:16, 'And should I have waited because they spake not?' etc. Certainly not. 'I also...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with surpri...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 32 ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In Job 2:13, the three friends were silent because Job’s words upset them. But now they had argued with Job. And so nobody wanted to speak, except Elihu. He had waited patiently during their long spee...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף ־אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son of Bara...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ELIHU ENTERS Job 32:1 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) В¶ 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. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mult...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Elihu's Speeches I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had just replied to Zophar's speech. 1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Job 32:17 [I said], I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. Ver. 17. _I said, I will answer also my part_] It is a virtue to be forward and forth putting in that which is good; and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will answer also my part_ I will take my turn and speak what they have omitted. _I am full of matter_ I have many things to say in this cause; _the spirit within me constraineth me_ My spirit, or s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I said, I will answer also my part, for his own person, I ALSO WILL SHOW MINE OPINION, throwing the weight of his opinion in the scales against Job....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ELIHU GIVES THE REASON FOR HIS SPEAKING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    He will speak and he is so full of words that he is almost ready to explode. And verbose he will be! "Rowley humorously comments, 'None would dispute this' (that Elihu is full of words)" _(Zuck p. 143...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I will take my turn, and speak what they have omitted....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 32:17 answer H6030 (H8799) part H2506 declare H2331 (H8762) opinion H1843 Job 32:10,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends. CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved when injury is plainly do...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I also will show mine opinion._ THE SPIRIT AND MESSAGE OF ELIHU This is the beginning of Elihu’s declaration. It is quite a new voice. We have heard nothing like this before. So startling indeed is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (Job 32:6). Th

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his remarks primarily at the three friends....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been consid...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu. So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of E...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 32:10; Job 33:12; Job 35:3; Job 35:4...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3

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