Job 32 · Verse 14

Job 32:14

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Job 32:14, King James Version

Job 32:14 in other translations

BSBBut Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
WEBfor he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
ASVFor he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
YLTAnd he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.
DARBYNow he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches....
BBEI will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.
WebsterNow he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

What does Job 32:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. I am altogether unprejudiced. For it is not I, whom he addressed. "Your speeches" have been influenced by irritation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 He hath not directed - I am no party in this controversy; I have no party feeling in it: he has not spoken a word against me, therefore I have no cause of irritation. I shall speak for truth; not for conquest or revenge. Neither will I answer him with your speeches; your passions have been inflamed by contradiction, and you have spoken foolishly with your lips.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 32:6-14

Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak…

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Job 32:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
עָרַ֣ךְ'a.Rakhhe has arrangedH6186
אֵלַ֣י'e.Laiagainst meH413
מִלִּ֑יןmi.LinwordsH4405
וּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗םu.ve.'im.rei.Khemand with words yourH561
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ\׃'a.shi.Ve.nuI will respond to himH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
directed. Heb. ordered.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 32:13

    Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • Job 32:14

    Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 32:15

    They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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Job 32:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ahora bien, Job no enderezó á mí sus palabras, ni yo le responderé con vuestras razones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or il ne m’a pas adressé de discours, et je ne lui répondrai pas avec vos paroles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er hat ja an mich keine Worte gerichtet, und mit euren Reden werde ich ihm nicht erwidern. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nihil locutus est mihi: et ego non secundum sermones vestros respondebo illi.