Job 32:12

12 And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.

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 say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.'
11 "Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out {what to say}.
12 And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.
13 So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.'
14 But he did not direct [his] words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.

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