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’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence. 2Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him. 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. 4Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5But when he saw that they had no further reply, he spoke out angrily.

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’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.
• Job 24:25Can anyone claim otherwise? Who can prove me wrong?”
• Job 25:2“God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens.
• Job 26:2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak!
• Job 8:6and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
• Job 15:34For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
• Job 22:5No, it’s because of your wickedness! There’s no limit to your sins.
• Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as 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