Bible Strands
Job 32:15
Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job and his three companions immediately after they fall silent following their failed rebuttals. The words — The text highlights חַתּוּ (Cha.tu), meaning they are dismayed, and עָנוּ עוֹד (anu od), meaning they have answered again or no longer reply. The thread — This moment of speechless confrontation echoes Job 29:22, where listening to speech settles listeners like dew, and Job 6:24, where understanding how one has erred brings silence. Why it lands — It requires the reader to accept that human reasoning reaches its limit before suffering, demanding patience over polished arguments.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
Cross-references
- Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
- Job 29:22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Matthew 22:22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
- Matthew 22:26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
- Matthew 22:34 And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
- Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.