Job 32:3

And also Elihu had indignation against the three friends of Job, for they had found no reasonable answer, but only had condemned Job (or but had only condemned Job).

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In The King James Version

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

In Context

2And Elihu, the son of Barachel (the) Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was wroth, and had indignation; and he was wroth against Job, for he said himself to be just before God, (or and he was angry against Job, for he had said himself to be righteous before God).

4Therefore Elihu abode Job speaking, for they, that spake, were elder men. (And so Elihu waited for Job to finish speaking, for all those, who spoke, were older than he was.)

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Cross References

Job 8:6if thou goest clean and rightful, anon he shall wake fully to thee, and shall make peaceable the dwelling place of thy rightfulness; (if thou goest clean and upright, at once he shall watch over thee, and he shall make the dwelling place of thy righteousness prosperous;)

Job 22:5and not for thy full much malice, and thy wickednesses without number, these pains have fallen justly to thee? (and have not these pains fallen justly upon thee, for thy great malice, and for thy wickednesses without number?)

Job 25:2Power and dread is with him, that is, God, which maketh according in his high things. (Power and reverence is with God or Power and fear is with God, who maketh peace in all his high places.)

Job 32:1Forsooth these three men left off to answer Job, for he seemed a just man to them. (And then these three men gave up trying to answer Job, for he continued to see himself as a righteous, or an innocent, man.)

Acts 24:5We have found this wicked man stirring dissension, to all (the) Jews in all the world, and (the) author of dissension of the sect of Nazarenes; [We have found this man bearing venom, or pestilence, and stirring sedition, or dissention, to all the Jews in all the world, and (the) author of sedition of the sect of Nazarenes;]

Matthew Henry on Job 32:2-6

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5 When Elihu saw that there… Read the whole commentary →

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