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Job 42:7

Job 42:7
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks, and seven rams,.... Creatures used in sacrifice before the giving of the Levitical law, Gen 4:4; and the same number of the same creatures were offered by…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job - Had the matter been left according to the record in Job 42:6, a wholly erroneous impression would have been made. Job was…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

After the Lord had spoken these words - Those recorded at Job 40:7-14; he said to Eliphaz, who was the eldest of the three friends, and chief speaker: Ye have not spoken of me - right. Mr. Peters…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 42:7-9

Job, in his discourses, had complained very much of the censures of his friends and their hard usage of him, and had appealed to God as Judge between him and them, and thought it hard that judgment…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 42:7-9

Job 42:7-17. Job, having humbled himself before God, is restored to a prosperity two-fold that which he enjoyed before

7 9. Job is commanded to intercede for his three friends lest Jehovah should…

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