Job 32:1

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he [is] righteous in his own eyes,

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

In Context

2and the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite burns, of the family of Ram; his anger has burned against Job, because of his justifying himself more than God;

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Cross References

Job 10:2I say to God, Do not condemn me, || Let me know why You strive [with] me.

Job 13:15Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.

Job 22:5Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.

Job 27:4My lips do not speak perverseness, || And my tongue does not utter deceit.

Job 31:1“I made a covenant for my eyes, || And how do I attend to a virgin?

Job 33:9I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.

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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