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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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

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

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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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Eliphaz

Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

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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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Bildad

Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

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Zophar

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

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