Job 32:12
in Job 32I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
KJV
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
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This verse in Job 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseYea, I attended unto you - Instead of ועדיכם veadeychem, and unto you, one MS. reads the above letters with points that cause it to signify and your testimonies; which is the reading of the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint. Behold, there was none of you that convinced Job - Confuted Job. They spoke multitudes of words, but were unable to overthrow his arguments.
This site's exposition
Listen to me
on Job 32:10-14
Elihu's “Listen to me” comes after he says “I listened to your reasoning”. Barnes reads the friends' fallback, “let God, not man, refute him”, as silencing the question with authority in place of argument. Elihu refuses that shortcut, which claims a different method before any different conclusion.
This site's exposition
no one proved Job wrong
Barnes gives the Hebrew as no one to reprove him by answering. The friends were completely silenced. Clarke notes that the Syriac, Arabic and Septuagint read full attention as attention to your testimonies.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
He determines the end of his waiting by two things. First, from their decision, and so he says, "as long as you debated in your arguments," as long as it pleased you to argue against Job. Second, he determines the limit from the hope that …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII · Written before 604.
proposed
But, as I see, there is no one of you who can convince Job, and reply to his words. Lest ye should perchance say, We have found out wisdom; God hath cast him down, not man. Heretics, from the fact that they are wont to appear contemptible even to men, when they behold Holy Church reverenced by well-nigh all nations, endeavour to impugn the opinion entertained of her by every possible objection; and say that she enjoys all abundance of temporal goods, because the gifts of eternal rewards are taken from her.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
That man is a rational creature, and therefore that every man has for himself a judgment of discretion and ought to be allowed a liberty of speech in his turn. He means the same that Job did ( ch. xii.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
There was none of you that convinced Job - There was no one to produce conviction on his mind, or rather, there was no one to reprove him by answering him - ענה מוכיח môkiyach ‛ânâh. They were completely silenced: and had nothing to reply to the arguments which he had advanced, and to his reflections on the divine government.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Yea, I attended to you I attended to you, and I saw that there is no one to convince Job.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Lest you say You shall not say We have found wisdom by remaining silent in order not to provoke him anymore. for God will crush him and not a man You should not have belittled the honor of the Omnipresent thereby.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם | veadeikhem | and to you | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן | ʾetbonan | I showed myself attentive | H995 → | 170 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֤ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אֵ֣ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לְאִיּ֣וֹב | leiyov | <to> Job | H347 → | 58 times |
| מוֹכִ֑יחַ | mokhiach | [was one who] rebuked | H3198 → | 59 times |
| עוֹנֶ֖ה | oneh | [was one who] answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| אֲמָרָ֣יו | ʾamarav | words his | H561 → | 49 times |
| מִכֶּֽם׃ | mikem | any of you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗םand to you
veadeikhemH5704 →1261 times
אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ןI showed myself attentive
ʾetbonanH995 →170 times
וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
אֵ֣יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
לְאִיּ֣וֹב<to> Job
leiyovH347 →58 times
מוֹכִ֑יחַ[was one who] rebuked
mokhiachH3198 →59 times
עוֹנֶ֖ה[was one who] answered
onehH6030 →331 times
אֲמָרָ֣יוwords his
ʾamaravH561 →49 times
מִכֶּֽם׃any of you
mikemH4480 →1188 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Timothy 1:7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
it leads to
- Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- 2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- 1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
- Galatians 5:3–4
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Galatians 3:5
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- Romans 1:22
Through
Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
it leads to
- Job 8:6
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
- Job 22:5–30
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Job 24:25
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
- Job 8:6
About Job
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.