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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
Theologian
If we attempt to speak with you—Margin, A word. Hebrew—הנסה דבר dâbâr hanı̂câh. “May we attempt a word w…
19th Century
Bishop
If we assay. —Rather, perhaps, Has one ever attempted? or, Has a word ever been tried? It appears from Job 29:9-…
17th Century
Pastor
[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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Minister
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…