Job 4:1

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

In Context

2Hath one tried a word with thee? — Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

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Cross References

Job 3:1After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.

Job 8:1And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —

Job 22:1And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —

Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?

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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