Job 32:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God [even made himself out to be better than God].

American Standard Version (1901)

² Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Common English Bible

² Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the clan of Ram was angry, angry with Job because he considered himself more righteous than God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.

Job 32:2 Cross References

Genesis 22:21

Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Job 40:8

Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

Job 35:2

“Do you think this to be just? You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’

Job 27:5

Far be it from me to say that you are right; until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Mark 3:5

He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Psalm 69:9

It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Job 30:21

You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.

Job 27:2

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Job 10:3

Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 27:6

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.

Job 32:3

he was angry also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, though they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Job 22:5

Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.

Job 33:8

“Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.