Job’s Friends Are Humiliated

⁷ After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.^(A)

² Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;^{(A) 3} he was angry also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, though they had declared Job to be in the wrong.^[a](B)

⁵ But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry.

Eliphaz Speaks: Job Has Sinned

4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job’s Three Friends

¹¹ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him, each of them set out from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him.^(A)

Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent

8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Zophar Speaks: Job’s Guilt Deserves Punishment

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: