Job 32:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Job 32:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-14)

Elihu here appears to have been, I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man of abilities, yet not pert, and confident, and assuming: his face shone, and, like Moses, he did not know it, which made it shine so much the brighter. Let it be observed by all, especially by young people, as worthy their imitation, 1. What a diffidence he had of himself and of his own judgment…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. Elihu claims inspiration, as a divinely commissioned messenger to Job (Job 33:6, 23); and that claim is not contradicted in Job 42:4, 5. Translate: “But the spirit (which God puts) in man, and the inspiration ... is that which giveth,” &c.; it is not mere “years” which give understanding (Pr 2:6; Joh 20:22).