“I will answer you, And your friends with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will answer you, and your companions with you.
- KJV I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
- BSB I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
- NKJV “I will answer you, And your companions with you.
- NLT “I will answer you and all your friends, too.
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Quick answer
Elihu announces he will answer Job and his companions together. He prepares to correct their shared misunderstanding about God.
Overview
Elihu states his intention to respond not only to Job but to his friends as well, signaling a comprehensive correction. By addressing the whole group, he implies that all of them have failed to grasp God's true relationship to human conduct. The verse models the call to think rightly about God, which finds its fullest answer in the revelation of His grace in the gospel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Job 34:8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
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