Job 32:3

Job 32:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
• New International Version (NIV)He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Context of Job 32:3

1Job would not agree that he had done anything that was wrong. So his three friends refused to argue with him any more. 2Another man was also there. His name was Elihu, Barakel's son. Barakel was a descendant of Buz. He belonged to Ram's clan. Elihu became very angry with Job. He was angry because Job continued to say that he was not guilty. Job said that God was wrong to punish him. Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends. They had not been able to find an answer to Job's problem. But they still said that Job was guilty. 4Elihu had waited for Job's three friends to speak before he spoke to Job himself. He waited because he was younger than them. 5But he became angry when Job's three friends had nothing more to say. So he finally decided to speak.

Job 32:3 word by word

וּבִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת רֵעָיו֮ חָרָ֪ה אַ֫פּ֥וֹ עַ֤ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־מָצְא֣וּ מַעֲנֶ֑ה וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּ אֶת־אִיּֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also against his threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• friendsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• was his wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• because they had foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• no answerמַעֲנֶהma‛ăneh · answerH4617
• had condemnedרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347

Cross-references for Job 32:3

• Job 32:1Job would not agree that he had done anything that was wrong. So his three friends refused to argue with him any more.
• Job 24:25What I have said is true. Nobody can say that I am telling lies. You cannot think that my words are useless.’
• Job 25:2‘God rules everything and we should be afraid of his great power. In heaven above he causes there to be peace.
• Job 26:2‘Do not think that you have helped me, a weak and helpless man. Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger.
• Job 8:6If you are honest and live in the right way, God will do something to help you. He will give you a family again that will bring you honour.
• Job 15:34People who turn away from God are like that. They have no family to live after them. If they use the money from bribes to build their homes, fire will destroy those homes.
• Job 22:5No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you.
• Acts 24:5We know that this man brings trouble everywhere. Anywhere in the world that Jewish people live, he makes them angry. Then they all fight each other. He is the leader of a group called the Nazarenes.’

Commentaries on Job 32:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They had found no answer - They had condemned Job; and yet could not answer his arguments on the general subject, and in vindication of himself.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job - They held Job to be guilty, and yet they were unable to adduce the proof of it, and to reply to what he had said. They still maintained their opinion, though silenced in the argument. They were in that state of mind, not uncommon, in which they obstinately held on to an opinion which they could not vindicate, and believed another to be guilty, though they could not prove it.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-37Job 32:1-37:24. Speech of Elihu. 1-6. Prose (poetry begins with "I am young"). because, &c.--and because they could not prove to him that he was unrighteous.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 32:3

• Anger

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Constrain
• Elihu
• Understanding
• Job, Book of
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Job 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings