Job 32:14

14 Job hasn't directed his words against me. I won't answer him with your arguments.

Job 32:14 Meaning and Commentary

Job 32:14

Now he hath not directed [his] words against me
That is, Job had not directed his speech to him, or levelled his arguments against him; he had not set himself and his words in battle array against him, as the word signifies; he had not lashed and irritated him as he had them; and therefore he came into the dispute calm and unprovoked, having nothing in view but truth, the glory of God, and the good of Job; and therefore hoped for better success than they had had:

neither will I answer him with your speeches;
he proposed to take a new and different method from them, as he did; for he never charges Job with any sin or sins, or a course of living in a sinful manner, before those afflictions came upon him, and as the cause of them; he only takes notice of what was amiss in him since his afflictions, and what dropped from him in the heat of this controversy, rash and unbecoming speeches, which reflected upon the honour and justice of God; and if he made use of any words and arguments similar to theirs, yet to another purpose, and in a milder and gentler manner.

Job 32:14 In-Context

12 I paid careful attention to you. But not one of you has proved that Job is wrong. None of you has answered his arguments.

13 Don't claim, 'We have enough wisdom to answer Job.' Let God, not a mere man, prove that he's wrong.

14 Job hasn't directed his words against me. I won't answer him with your arguments.

15 "Job, those men are afraid. They don't have anything else to say. They've run out of words.

16 Do I have to keep on waiting, now that they are silent? They are just standing there with nothing to say.