Job 32:1

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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WEBBE

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

BSB

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

KJV

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

ASV

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

BBE

So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.

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וַיִּשְׁבְּתוּ vai·yish·be·tu and they ceased H7673 שְׁלֹשֶׁת she·lo·shet [the] three H7969 הָאֲנָשִׁים ha·'a·na·shim the men H582 הָאֵלֶּה ha·'e·leh (the) these H428 מֵעֲנוֹת me·'a·not from answering H6030 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אִיּוֹב 'i·yov Job H347 כִּי ki for H3588 הוּא hu' he H1931 צַדִּיק tza·dik [was] righteous H6662 בְּעֵינָיו פ be·'ei·nav in own eyes his H5869

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Elihu was displeased with Job's friends because they had not been candid to Job. Seldom is a quarrel begun, more seldom is a quarrel carried on, in which there are not faults on both sides. Those that seek for truth, must not reject what is true and good on either side, nor approve or defend what is wrong.

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