Job 32:3

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

In Context

2And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

4Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

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Cross References

Job 8:6If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

Job 22:5Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

Job 25:2Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.

Job 32:1So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.

Acts 24:5For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

Matthew Henry on Job 32:2-6

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there… Read the whole commentary →

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