The Meaning of Job 32:12 Explained

Job 32:12

KJV: Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

YLT: And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you.

Darby: Yea, I gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words;

ASV: Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yea, I attended  unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced  Job,  [or] that answered  his words: 

What does Job 32:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 32:1-22 - Elihu Enters
The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of the case to be presented by the fervid life of a younger generation. The name Elihu means, "My God is He." He had preserved a respectful silence while his elders were speaking; but he was so conscious of the uprising of the divine that he could refrain no longer.
Elihu was greatly indignant, first with Job for not justifying God, Job 32:2; and then with his friends for their inability to cope with him, Job 32:5. But in addition to these criticisms, he has some positive contribution to make to the debate, and must needs make it. Silence is golden, but there is a time to speak. Be sure in inbreathe the Spirit of God as one long imprisoned in a close chamber inhales the breath of the salt sea. Do not speak, as John Woolman says, beyond the divine openings. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 32

1  Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends
6  Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth
11  He reproves them for not satisfying Job
16  His zeal to speak

What do the individual words in Job 32:12 mean?

And to you I paid close attention and surely not one Job convinced [Or] answered his words of you
וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵ֣ין לְאִיּ֣וֹב מוֹכִ֑יחַ עוֹנֶ֖ה אֲמָרָ֣יו מִכֶּֽם

וְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם  And  to  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן  I  paid  close  attention 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
וְהִנֵּ֤ה  and  surely 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֵ֣ין  not  one 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לְאִיּ֣וֹב  Job 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִיּׄוב  
Sense: a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job.
מוֹכִ֑יחַ  convinced 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָכַח  
Sense: to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right.
עוֹנֶ֖ה  [Or]  answered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
אֲמָרָ֣יו  his  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
מִכֶּֽם  of  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.

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