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Job 32:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.


Job 32:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 32:215 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּ֤חַרwayiḥar
and it burnedconjH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
אַ֨ףʾap
the anger ofparticleH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
אֱלִיה֣וּאʾĕliyhwʾ
ElihunounH453
בֶןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בַּרַכְאֵ֣לbarakəʾēl
BarakelnounH1292
הַ/בּוּזִי֮habwziy
the BuziteparticleH940
מִ/מִּשְׁפַּ֪חַ֫תmimišəpaḥat
from the clan ofpronH4940
kind
רָ֥םrām
RamnounH7410
בְּ֭/אִיּוֹבbəʾiywōb
on JobpronH347
חָרָ֣הḥārāh
it burnedverbH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
אַפּ֑/וֹʾapwō
anger hisnounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
עַֽלʿal
becausepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
צַדְּק֥/וֹṣadəqwō
justified heverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
נַ֝פְשׁ֗/וֹnapəšwō
self hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מֵ/אֱלֹהִֽיםmēʾĕlōhiym
more than GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 32:2

And Eliu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was wroth and indignant. The names either of himself, or of his parent, of his ii. home, or kindred, furnish a mark of his own conduct. For Eliu being interpreted means, “That my God,” or, “God the Lord.” By whom, as we said to you, is designated the sound faith of proud men placed within the Church. Whence this very name of his is suited to them also. For though they live not according to the commandments of…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 23 §8
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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