Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 32:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
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Role in This Section
Elihu states “Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom” as one poetic claim in Elihu Explains His Youthful Silence and Claims Spirit-Given Insight.
Read It With
- Job 32:6–32:14
Follow Job 32:6–32:14, not verse 32:13 alone. Elihu states “Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom” as one poetic claim in Elihu Explains His Youthful Silence and Claims Spirit-Given Insight. The paragraph's controlling limit is: Youth does not disqualify insight, but Elihu's claim to inspiration does not automatically validate his conclusions or cancel elder wisdom.
Why It Needs Context
Job 32:13 performs a local role inside “Elihu Explains His Youthful Silence and Claims Spirit-Given Insight.” Elihu states “Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom” as one poetic claim in Elihu Explains His Youthful Silence and Claims Spirit-Given Insight. The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 32:6–32:14 — Elihu Explains His Youthful Silence and Claims Spirit-Given InsightSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 32:6–32:14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 32:6–32:14
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