Job 32:12

12 I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.

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 you what I know.

11 I waited while you three spoke, and listened to your explanations. While you looked for words to use,

12 I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.

13 Don't say, 'We have found wisdom; only God will show Job to be wrong, not people.'

14 Job has not spoken his words against me, so I will not use your arguments to answer Job.