The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz (A)the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C)

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Then Elihu the son of Barachel (A)the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself (B)rather than God. He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had (C)declared Job to be in the wrong.

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But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(A) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(B) rather than God.(C) He was also angry with the three friends,(D) because they had found no way to refute Job,(E) and yet had condemned him.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned God

(A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil (B)in your sight,
(C)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.

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Against you, you only, have I sinned(A)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(B)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(C)

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But oh, that God would speak
    and open his lips to you,
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For he is manifold in (A)understanding.[a]
Know then that God (B)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(A)
    that he would open his lips against you
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(B)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(C)

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Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

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Eliphaz

Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

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Job's Three Friends

11 Now when Job's three (A)friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz (B)the Temanite, Bildad (C)the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to (D)show him sympathy and comfort him.

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11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(A) Bildad the Shuhite(B) and Zophar the Naamathite,(C) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(D)

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And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

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But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.

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Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse

11 Then (A)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

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Zophar

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

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Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent

Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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Bildad

Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

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