Job 32:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֤חַר אַ֨ף ׀ אֱלִיה֣וּא בֶן־בַּרַכְאֵ֣ל הַבּוּזִי֮ מִמִּשְׁפַּ֢חַ֫ת רָ֥ם בְּ֭אִיּוֹב חָרָ֣ה אַפּ֑וֹ עַֽל־צַדְּק֥וֹ נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ מֵאֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

And wayyiḥar ʾap̄ ʾĕlîhûʾ son-of-barakhʾēl habbûzî from miššəp̄aḥat rām against bəʾiyyôb ḥārāh ʾappô because ʿal-ṣaddəqô nap̄šô from mēʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *wayyiḥar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and burned
• *ʾap̄*: noun masculine singular construct - anger/nose of
• *ʾĕlîhûʾ*: proper noun - Elihu
• *barakhʾēl*: proper noun - Barachel
• *habbûzî*: definite article + gentilic adjective - the Buzite
• *miššəp̄aḥat*: preposition min + noun feminine singular construct - from family of
• *rām*: proper noun - Ram
• *bəʾiyyôb*: preposition bet + proper noun - against Job
• *ḥārāh*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - burned
• *ʾappô*: noun masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his anger
• *ʿal*: preposition - because of
• *ṣaddəqô*: piel infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his justifying
• *nap̄šô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/himself
• *mēʾĕlōhîm*: preposition min + noun masculine plural - from God

Word Meanings

• *wayyiḥar ʾap̄*: and kindled the anger/and became angry
• *ḥārāh ʾappô*: his anger burned/he became angry
• *ṣaddəqô nap̄šô*: justifying himself/considering himself righteous
• *mēʾĕlōhîm*: more than God/rather than God

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:21 : 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
• Job 27:5 : 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
• Job 35:2 : 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
• Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up{H8804)}; and the reproaches of them that reproached{H8802)} thee are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
• Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Job 30:21 : 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
• Job 34:17-18 : 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Job 27:2 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;