Job Chapter 33 verse 32 Holy Bible
If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.
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If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.
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If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - If thou hast anything to say, answer me. Nevertheless, i.e., if there is really anything that thou wouldst fain urge on thine own behalf at this point, speak - I am ready to hear - for I dare to justify thee; i.e. "I am anxious, if possible, or so far as possible, to defend and justify thy conduct." Then, probably, Elihu made a pause, to allow of Job's speaking; but, as the patriarch kept silence, he continued.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) I desire to justify thee.--He wishes to justify Job before his friends, that is, to maintain that his afflictions are not on account of past sin, but as a preservative against possible future defection. This being so, he considers that Job's case may justly be defended, and Job himself vindicated against his friends.