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I will answer you, And your companions with you.
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Who is Elihu Answering?
Commentators debate who Elihu means by "thy companions." Some believe he is addressing Job's three friends, intending to succeed where they failed. Others, like John Gill, argue he is speaking to a broader audience—anyone, anywhere, who shares Job's mistaken view about God's justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will answer you - Margin, “return to you words.” Elihu meant to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of Job, and …
19th Century
Anglican
And your companions. —Elihu professes to answer Job’s friends as well as himself, but what he says (Job 35:5 and follo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will answer you, and your companions with you . Meaning not his three friends, as the Septuagint version expresses it; …
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Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them;…
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 …
