Job 32:6

"When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled."

Key Reflection

Elihu's anger stems from frustration at the lack of a satisfactory response to Job’s suffering, indicating a desire for resolution and understanding within the community of friends. This moment highlights the tension between silence and the need for divine insight in the face of profound trials.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And Elihu - “said, I am young” Margin, few of days. The Hebrew is, “I am small (צעירtsâ‛ı̂yr) of days;” that is, I am inexperienced. We have no means of ascertaining his exact age, though it is evident that there was a considerable disparity between them and him. And ye are very old -ישׁישׁיםyâshı̂yshiym. The word used here is probably derived from the obsolete rootשוש, “to be white, hoary”; and hence, to be hoary-headed, or aged; compare2 Chronicles 36:17. The whole of the discourses of the friends of Job seem to imply that they were aged men.

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