Job 32:5

5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, {he became angry}.

Job 32:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 32:5

When Elihu saw that [there was] no answer in the mouth of
[these] three men
That could be called an answer; nay, when he perceived they were quite nonplussed and silenced, though men of years and experience, and reputed wise and knowing:

then his wrath was kindled;
his spirit was stirred up; his heart was hot within him; he burned with anger against those men; he was all on fire, as it were, and wanted to vent his resentment.

Job 32:5 In-Context

3 and {he became angry} at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.

4 Thus Elihu had waited for Job {to speak} because {they were older than he}.

5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, {he became angry}.

6 Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

7 I thought, 'Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.'

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "his nose became hot"