Job 32 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Elihu Responds to Job’s Friends

Job 32:1Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

Job 32:2Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.

Job 32:3

Job 32:3He was also angry with Job’s three friends, for they made God[fn] appear to be wrong by their inability to answer Job’s arguments.

Job 32:4

Job 32:4Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.

Job 32:5

Job 32:5But when he saw that they had no further reply, he spoke out angrily.

Job 32:6

Job 32:6Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,
“I am young and you are old,
so I held back from telling you what I think.

Job 32:7

Job 32:7I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak,
for wisdom comes with age.’

Job 32:8

Job 32:8But there is a spirit[fn] within people,
the breath of the Almighty within them,
that makes them intelligent.

Job 32:9

Job 32:9Sometimes the elders are not wise.
Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.

Job 32:10

Job 32:10So listen to me,
and let me tell you what I think.

Job 32:11

Job 32:11“I have waited all this time,
listening very carefully to your arguments,
listening to you grope for words.

Job 32:12

Job 32:12I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
or answered his arguments.

Job 32:13

Job 32:13And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us.
Only God can convince him.’

Job 32:14

Job 32:14If Job had been arguing with me,
I would not answer with your kind of logic!

Job 32:15

Job 32:15You sit there baffled,
with nothing more to say.

Job 32:16

Job 32:16Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent?
Must I also remain silent?

Job 32:17

Job 32:17No, I will say my piece.
I will speak my mind.

Job 32:18

Job 32:18For I am full of pent-up words,
and the spirit within me urges me on.

Job 32:19

Job 32:19I am like a cask of wine without a vent,
like a new wineskin ready to burst!

Job 32:20

Job 32:20I must speak to find relief,
so let me give my answers.

Job 32:21

Job 32:21I won’t play favorites
or try to flatter anyone.

Job 32:22

Job 32:22For if I tried flattery,
my Creator would soon destroy me.

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NLT Footnotes

(32:3)

As in ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; the Masoretic Text reads Job.

(32:8)

Or Spirit; also in 32:18.

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