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Job 4

Job 4:1

Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper · Job 4:1–21
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Translations

Modern
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Traditional
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Literal
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
Latin
Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:

Original

Hebrew
English
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Notes

Job 4:1–14:22

This section starts three rounds of speeches by Job's three "comforters," each followed by Job's response (4:1–27:23). In the first round, Job's friends urge him to seek God to regain prosperity.

Job 4:1–2

  • Eliphaz the Temanite was probably the oldest and most important of Job’s friends (see study note on 2:11). His speeches are longer and more detailed than the others.

  • who can keep from speaking?: Eliphaz imitated how urgent a message from prophets can be (4:12–16; see Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 3:8).

Events

People

Eliphaz: A Temanite, one of Job's three friends Teman: Grandson of Esau, associated with an Edomite clan

Glossary

Book of Job Eliphaz

Topics

Eliphaz: Friend of Job Heathen: Eliphaz Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Complaints of, and Replies by his Three Friends To Presumption: Reproved by Eliphaz The Justice of God: Declared to Be: Incomparable