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Elihu blander sig i samtalen

32 De tre venner besluttede, at de ikke ville sige mere, for Job blev ved med at hævde sin uskyld.

Men der var en fjerde ven, som havde lyttet til samtalen uden at sige noget. Han hed Elihu og var søn af Barakel af Rams slægt fra byen Buz. Han var opbragt over, at Job ville retfærdiggøre sig selv overfor Gud. Han var også vred på de tre venner, fordi de fordømte Job uden at kunne svare på hans spørgsmål.

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Elihu

32 So these three men stopped answering Job,(A) because he was righteous in his own eyes.(B) But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(C) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(D) rather than God.(E) He was also angry with the three friends,(F) because they had found no way to refute Job,(G) and yet had condemned him.[a](H)

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Footnotes

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