Job 32:12

12 "I even paid close attention to you; Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.

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 "So I say, 'Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.'

11 "Behold, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, While you pondered what to say.

12 "I even paid close attention to you; Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.

13 "Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.'

14 "For he has not arranged his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Behold"