Job 4:1

And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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2If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

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Cross References

Job 3:1Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

Job 8:1Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

Job 22:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

Jeremiah 49:7About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?

Matthew Henry on Job 4:1

Job having warmly given vent to his passion, and so broken the ice, his friends here come gravely to give vent to their judgment upon his case, which perhaps they had communicated to one another apart, compared notes upon it and talked it over among themselves, and found they were all agreed in their verdict, that Job's afflictions certainly proved him to be a hypocrite; but they did not attack Job with this high charge till by the expressions of his discontent and impatience, in which they thought he reflected on… Read the whole commentary →

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