The Meaning of Job 32:14 Explained

Job 32:14

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

YLT: And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.

Darby: Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...

ASV: For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 32:14?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 32:14 mean?

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What is the context of Job 32:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 32:14 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 32:14 mean?

And not he has directed against me [his] words so with your words not I will answer him

וְלֹא־ עָרַ֣ךְ אֵלַ֣י מִלִּ֑ין וּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ

וְלֹא־	And not
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
עָרַ֣ךְ	he has directed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָרַךְ Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
אֵלַ֣י	against me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִלִּ֑ין	[his] words
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: מִלָּה Sense: word, speech, utterance.
וּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗ם	so with your words
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: אֵמֶר Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ	I will answer him
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.

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