Job 4:1
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
In Context
2If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Cross References
Job 3:1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
Job 8:1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Job 22:1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom spent?
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 →