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Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
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Speaking from Ignorance
Commentators agree that this verse is Elihu's summary judgment on Job's speeches. He concludes that Job's complaints are empty ('in vanity') because they are spoken 'without knowledge.' Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that Job lacked a proper understanding of God's justice, the purpose of his afflictions, and his own duty to trust God's righteous government.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore— In view of all that Elihu had now said, he came to the conclusion that the views of Job were erroneous, and that he had no just c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain In uttering such unbecoming expressions, observed, and refuted, in his lou…
As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Eliud had rejected Job's words—because in his estimation Job attributed evil to divine judgment—he now intends to rebuke him for saying that …
