Job 32:12

12 I've paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says.

Job 32:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 32:12

Yea, I attended unto you
Very closely, with great application and diligence, endeavouring to get, as it were, within them, and thoroughly understand the meaning of what they said:

and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job;
which was not owing to his obstinacy, but to want of proof in them, their words and arguments; they had charged Job highly, as particularly Eliphaz, ( Job 22:5-9 ) ; but then they failed in their proof; they produced nothing to support their allegations:

[or] that answered his words;
the arguments and reasons he gave in proof of his own innocence and uprightness, or the instances he produced, showing that God often afflicted good men, and suffered the wicked to prosper; and therefore no argument could be drawn from God's dealings with men, proving they were either of this or the other character, good or bad men.

Job 32:12 In-Context

10 "That is why I say, 'Listen to me! Let me tell you what I know.'
11 I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words.
12 I've paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says.
13 So don't say, 'We've found wisdom. Let God, not humans, defeat him.'
14 Job did not choose his words to refute me, so I won't answer him with your speeches.
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