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Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Job, Or who answered his words, among you.
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Arguments Need Substance
Commentators agree that Elihu's primary point is the total failure of the three friends' arguments. Scholars like John Gill note this wasn't due to Job's stubbornness, but because the friends' accusations lacked proof and they could not answer Job's real-world examples of righteous suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There was none of you that convinced Job - There was no one to produce conviction on his mind, or rather, there was no one to repro…
19th Century
Anglican
There was none of you. —In Elihu’s judgment there was no one who touched the main point of the argument with Job.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, I attended to you Very closely, with great application and diligence, endeavouring to get, as it were, within t…
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Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience sho…
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…
