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Job 42:7
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Eliphaz the Temanite and his two friends immediately after concluding His address to Job. This occurs at the narrative's conclusion, right after Job's confession in Job 42:6.
The words — דִּבֶּר (di.Ber) = he had spoken and הַדְּבָרִים (ha./de.va.Rim) = the words denote the divine utterance that precedes this judgment. The term אַחַר (a.Char) = after fixes the exact moment of Yahweh's intervention.
The thread — The motif of God speaking and kindled anger runs through Job 11:5, Job 32:2, and Job 32:5. These passages track the escalation of human confrontation with divine speech.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept that accurate speech about God outweighs human consolation. It demands alignment with divine revelation rather than theological presumption.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Cross-references
- Job 11:5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- Job 32:2 This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
- Job 32:5 But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Job 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Psalms 51:4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: