Job 4:1

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Eliphaz Begins to Speak Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:11 : 11 The Visit of Job’s Friends When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country– Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.
  • Job 3:1-2 : 1 II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends(3:1-27:33) Job Regrets His Birth After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. 2 Job spoke up and said:
  • Job 6:1 : 1 Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:
  • Job 8:1 : 1 Bildad’s First Speech to Job Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:
  • Job 15:1 : 1 Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
  • Job 22:1 : 1 Eliphaz’s Third Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
  • Job 42:9 : 9 So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the LORD had told them; and the LORD had respect for Job.

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  • 1Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

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  • 1Elihu’s Second Speech Elihu answered:

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    1Zophar’s First Speech to Job Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

    2“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

  • 1Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • 1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • 1Zophar’s Second Speech Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

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  • Job 18:1-2
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    1Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

    2“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

  • 1Bildad’s Third Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

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  • 7After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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    1Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:

    2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

    3Then Job answered the LORD:

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  • 36The sons of Eliphaz:Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and(by Timna) Amalek.

  • 4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

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    2Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

    3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

    4Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.

    5But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.

    6Elihu Claims Wisdom So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:“I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

  • 3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

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  • 5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

  • 4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

  • 22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • 9Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God?

  • 4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,