Job 32:1

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

In Context

2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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Cross References

Job 10:2I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.

Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.

Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?

Job 27:4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;

Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?

Job 33:9'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there 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 →

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