Job 32:12

12 Even so, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you to reprove Job or to answer 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 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will declare my knowledge.

11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your arguments, while ye searched out what to say.

12 Even so, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you to reprove Job or to answer his words.

13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom; it is needful that God thrust him down, and not man.

14 Now he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your reasons.