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So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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The End of a Stalemate
Commentators explain that this verse marks a stalemate. Job's three friends ceased their arguments not because they were convinced, but because they had run out of things to say and were frustrated by Job's refusal to accept their conclusions. Their silence was one of exhaustion and inability to persuade him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So these three men ceased to answer Job— Each had had three opportunities of replying to him, though in the last series of the cont…
19th Century
Anglican
So these three men ceased.—The next six chapters are taken up with the reply of a fourth person not before mentioned, but who appe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So these three men ceased to answer Job His three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite…
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Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own cha…
13th Century
Catholic
After the dispute between Job and his friends had ended, the argument of Elihu against Job is introduced. He uses more penetrating arguments agains…
