Job 32

Job 32:2

of Elihu] Elihu, the Buzite, descended of Buz, the sonne of Nachor, Abrahams brother, Gen. XXII. 20, 21. who had been present all the while, taking occasion of the silence now on all hands used; and being partly offended at some things passed, on either side; He begins his speech; yet modestly excusing the necessity of it; And he continues it in six Chapters. He speaks to Jobs friends, by way of Preface, most for Attention chap. XXXII. To Job himself, after a like Preface, in four several Orations: wherein he repeats divers of Jobs sayings; yet with some strainings of some of them; and gathering Collections out of them; and so thereupon, blaming him; and answering them, ch. XXXIII.

XXXIV. and XXXV. And in the XXXVI. and XXXVII. chapters, He seeks to allay Iobs Complaints of God, with a magnificent setting out of Gods justice, mercy, power, glory, and wisdome, which Iob seemed to obscure by his bitter complaining of Gods harsh proceeding with him. Elihu speaks more uprightly and wisely in this cause, then Iobs three friends had done; As appears, in that he stopt Iobs mouth, that he answers nothing, though he gave him liberty three or four times to speak; And God himself blames not him at all, as he doth the other three friends.

Job 32:13

God thrusteth him down] God by his judgements on him, gives sentence on our side, that Iob is an hypocrite and wicked man: though none but God can thrust him down from his own immovable confidence; which God may haply do by the efficacie of his words in the mouth of Elihu; As in a like sense Ioseph speaks, Gen. XLI. 16. And Daniel, chap. II. 28.

Job 32:15

They were amazed] Thus Elihu speaks of Iobs friends; turning his speech to some other persons.