Job 32:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:3 : 3 With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

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