Job 4:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

In Context

2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?

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Cross References

Job 3:1Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 8:1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

Job 22:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,

Jeremiah 49:7To Edom thus sayeth the Lord of hostes: Is wisdome no more in Teman? is counsel perished from their children? is their wisdome vanished?

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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