“Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.”
Lest you say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man, expressing Elihu's dismissal of the potential objection that God alone can answer Job, asserting that human wisdom must attempt response even if ultimate vindication comes from God. The concern about saying we have found wisdom suggests Elihu's awareness of the temptation to default to divine action. The notion that God may vanquish him suggests acknowledgment that Job's ultimate judgment rests with God. The verse establishes Elihu's position that human argument is necessary even if divine judgment is ultimate.
Church Fathers on Job 32:13
But, as I see, there is no one of you who can convince Job, and reply to his words. Lest ye should perchance say, We have found out wisdom; God hath cast him down, not man. Heretics, from the fact that they are wont to appear contemptible even to men, when they behold Holy Church reverenced by well-nigh all nations, endeavour to impugn the opinion entertained of her by every possible objection; and say that she enjoys all abundance of temporal goods, because the gifts of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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