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"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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A Courteous Correction
Commentators note that Eliphaz begins his speech with great courtesy and respect. He asks permission to speak, worried he might add to Job's grief. Scholars see this as a model for how to approach a difficult conversation with delicacy, even if the message itself is a critique.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If we attempt to speak with you—Margin, A word. Hebrew—הנסה דבר dâbâr hanı̂câh. “May we attempt a word w…
19th Century
Anglican
If we assay. —Rather, perhaps, Has one ever attempted? or, Has a word ever been tried? It appears from Job 29:9-…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[If] we assay to commune with you, will you be grieved ? &c.] Eliphaz speaks in the name of himself and his two frie…
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Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted and showed impatien…
13th Century
Catholic
Job's friends, who came to console him, had kept silent until now because of the severity of his pain. After Job finished speaking, they boldly beg…
