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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He was also angry with Job’s three friends, for they made God appear to be wrong by their inability to answer Job’s arguments.

Context of Job 32:3

1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. 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. 4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

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 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Job 24:25If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?"
• Job 25:2"Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
• Job 26:2"How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
• Job 8:6if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
• Job 15:34For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
• Job 22:5Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities.
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of 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