Job 32:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and did not dare to show you my opinion.

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  • Job 15:10 : 10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much older than your father.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Do not rebuke an elder, but appeal to him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-30 : 28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men and Eliab's anger burned against David. He said, Why have you come down here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle. 29 David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause? 30 He turned from him to another and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.
  • Job 15:7 : 7 Are you the first man that was born? Or were you made before the hills?

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  • 7I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.

  • Job 32:1-5
    5 verses
    79%

    1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    2Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself rather than God.

    3Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

    4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

    5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

  • Job 34:1-2
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    77%

    1Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Job 36:1-2
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    1Elihu also continued, and said,

    2Allow me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

  • Job 32:9-14
    6 verses
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    9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

    10Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.

    11Behold, I waited for your words; I listened to your reasoning while you sought what to say.

    12Yes, I paid attention to you, and behold, there was none of you who convinced Job or who answered his words.

    13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 1Elihu spoke further, and said,

  • 17I said, I will answer my part also, I also will show my opinion.

  • 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

  • 32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

  • 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

  • 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

  • Job 4:1-2
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    1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

    2If we attempt to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

  • 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

  • 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door?

  • 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

  • 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?

  • 15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.

  • Job 33:31-32
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    31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • 14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?

  • 1But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

  • 1And Job answered and said,

  • 3Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • 8The young men saw me and hid themselves; even the aged arose and stood.

  • 1But Job answered and said,

  • 10With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much older than your father.

  • Job 38:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

    3Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.

  • 5If you can answer me, prepare your words before me, stand up.

  • 7And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

  • 1But Job answered and said,

  • 6Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

  • 1Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.