“"He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches." I was not involved, as you know, in his debate, nor did he provoke me to bitterness after assuming the intention to speak against me. Therefore, the words that I speak are not suggested by indignation but by reason.”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 32:14
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14Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
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12Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
— Job 32:14 —
15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)