Job 32:1

Modern

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Traditional

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Literal

And these three men ceased from answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Latin

Omiserunt autem tres viri isti respondere Job, eo quod justus sibi videretur.

Hebrew

English

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job's three friends did not succeed in comforting him (see 2:11; 6:14–30; 13:4; 16:2; 19:21; 42:10).

After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.

Job 10:7
…though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
Job 33:9
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
Job 10:2
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Job 13:15
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Job 27:4–6
…my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 29:11–17
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
Job 6:29
Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
Job 31:1–40
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Job 23:7
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering