Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Parallel translations
- WEB “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
- KJV They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
- NKJV “They are dismayed and answer no more; Words escape them.
- NASB ¶“They are dismayed, they no longer answer; Words have failed them.
- NLT You sit there baffled, with nothing more to say.
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Quick answer
Moses descends carrying the two stone tablets of the testimony, written on both sides. The covenant document itself is being brought down to the people.
Overview
The tablets represent God's gracious self-revelation and the terms of His covenant with Israel. That they were written on both sides emphasizes the completeness of the law. The scene heightens the tragedy that follows, as Moses carries the holy covenant straight into a camp engulfed in covenant-breaking.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 22:26The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
- Matt 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
- Matt 22:34And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
- Job 29:22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- Matt 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Job 6:24–25Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
- Matt 22:22And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
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Christ at the center
Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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