Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 32:2 - 32:2

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 32:2 - 32:2


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The Buzite; of the posterity of Buz, Nahor’s son, Gen_22:21.



Of the kindred of Ram, or of Aram; for Ram and Aram are used promiscuously: compare 2Ki_8:28, with 2Ch_22:5 Rth_4:19 Mat_1:3. Others, of Abraham, who as he was called Abram, possibly was at first called only Ram. His pedigree is thus particularly described, partly for his honour, because his speech declares him to be both a wise and a good man; and principally to evidence the truth of this history, which otherwise might seem to be but a poetical fiction.



He justified himself rather than God; he justified himself, not without reflection upon God, as dealing too severely with him, and denying him that hearing which he so passionately desired. He took more care to maintain his own innocency than God’s glory.