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"They are amazed. They answer no more. They don`t have a word to say.
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The Collapse of Flawed Logic
Commentators explain that Job's friends are not merely quiet; they are 'amazed' and 'thunderstruck.' Their confident arguments, which wrongly equated suffering with sin, have been so effectively challenged by Elihu that they are left completely speechless. This illustrates how flawed reasoning, even when passionately held, ultimately collapses when confronted with superior wisdom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They were amazed - These are also the words of Elihu, designed to express his astonishment that the three friends of Job did not answer him.…
19th Century
Anglican
They were amazed. —The force is better conveyed by substituting the present tense, “They are amazed; they answer no more: they hav…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They were amazed They were like persons thunderstruck, quite surprised and astonished to hear a young man talk after…
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If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, until it comes to our turn to speak. God is th…
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…
