Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 32
Elihu = God is Jehovah; or, my God is He. Not named before. His addresses occupy six chapters, His two counts of indictment (verses: Job 32:2, Job 32:3) are based upon what precedes, and lead up to "the end of the Lord" in what follows from Job 32:13.
Barachel = whom God hath blessed.
Buzite. Descended from Buz, the second son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham (Genesis 22:20, Genesis 22:21). See notes on p. 666.
Ram = Aram, related to Buz (Genesis 22:21).
himself = his soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
condemned Job. The primitive text reads "condemned God", but was altered from motives of false reverence by the Sopherim to "Job". See App-33.
Days . . . years. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for men of years: aged men.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
inspiration. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16.
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
convinced = convicted. Man condemns without convicting; but God convicts first, that the man may condemn himself.
words = arguments.
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
bottles = skin bottles; which, if fermentation is not completed, sometimes burst.
soon. See note on Proverbs 5:14.
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