Job 32:5

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

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WEBBE

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

BSB

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

KJV

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

ASV

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

BBE

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was very angry.

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וַיַּרְא vai·yar' and he saw H7200 אֱלִיהוּא 'e·li·hu' Elihu H453 כִּי ki that H3588 אֵין 'ein there not H369 מַעֲנֶה ma·'a·neh [was] an answer H4617 בְּפִי be·fi in [the] mouth of H6310 שְׁלֹשֶׁת she·lo·shet [the] three H7969 הָאֲנָשִׁים ha·'a·na·shim the men H582 וַיִּחַר vai·yi·char and it burned H2734 אַפּוֹ פ 'a·po anger his H639

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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