Albert Barnes Commentary Job 32:17

"I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion." — Job 32:17 (ASV)

I also will show my 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 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 older and more honorable person desires to.” In all this, we may discern a degree of courtesy and a delicate sense of propriety, which may be commended to all for imitation, and especially to the young.

In the manners of the pious men whose biography is recorded in the Bible, there is a degree of refinement, delicacy, and courtesy in their treatment of others, such as is seldom found even in the most elevated walks of life, and such as only religion can produce. The outward form may be obtained by the world; the living principle is found only in the heart which is imbued with love to God and man.