Job 32:12 BSB — MannaFest

Job 32:12

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Yea, 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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם	ve.'a.dei.Khem	and to you	H5704 →
אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן	'et.Bo.Nan	I showed myself attentive	H995 →
וְהִנֵּ֤ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
אֵ֣ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
לְאִיּ֣וֹב	le.'i.Yov	<to> Job	H347 →
מוֹכִ֑יחַ	mo.Khi.ach	[was one who] rebuked	H3198 →
עוֹנֶ֖ה	o.Neh	[was one who] answered	H6030 →
אֲמָרָ֣יו	'a.ma.Rav	words his	H561 →
מִכֶּֽם׃	mi.Kem	any of you	H4480 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 1:7
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
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?
Through
Job 32:3
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
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?”