Job 32:17

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Job 32:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.
Job 32:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Job 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“[I said], I will answer also my part, etc.] Or take his turn in giving an answer to Job; what they had given being quite insufficient and unsuitable: I also will show mine opinion; knowledge, or sentiment; this for a while he was fearful of doing, but, upon a thorough and serious consideration of things, he determined upon it, and now repeats it, to assure he would do it; the reasons of which follow.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“my part--for my part. opinion--knowledge.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I also will show mine opinion - In this language, as in Job 32:6, there is a delicate expression of modesty in the Hebrew which does not appear in our translation. It is אף־אני 'aph 'ănı̂y - even I. “Even one so young, and so humble as I, may be permitted to express my sentiments, when the aged and the great have nothing more to say. It will be no improper intrusion for even me to speak when no other one more aged and honorable desires to.” In all this we may discern a degree of courtesy, and a delicate sense of propriety, which may be commended to the imitation of all, and especially to the young. In the manners of the pious men whose biography is recorded in the Bible, there is a degree…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Job 32:10, Job 33:12, Job 35:3, Job 35:4 Job 32:18”
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