Job 32:1
But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified.
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In The King James Version
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
In Context
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not be willing to condemn me. Reveal to me why you judge me this way.
Job 13:15And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight.
Job 22:5and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?
Job 27:4my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
Job 31:1I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.
Job 33:9“I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:1
The stage is clear, for Job and his three friends have sat down, and neither he nor they have any thing more to say; it is therefore very seasonable for a moderator to interpose, and Elihu is the man. In this chapter we have, I. Some account of him, his parentage, his presence at this dispute, and his sentiments concerning it, ver. 1-5 . II. The apology he made for his bold undertaking to speak to a question which had been so largely and learnedly argued by his seniors. He pleads, 1. That, though he had not the… Read the whole commentary →