“We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
- KJV Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
- BSB Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
- NKJV Behold, this we have searched out; It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself.”
- NASB “Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself.”
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Quick answer
Eliphaz closes by saying they have examined this and it is true, urging Job to hear and apply it. He presents his teaching as tested wisdom for Job's good.
Overview
Eliphaz ends his speech confident that his doctrine is verified and beneficial, pressing Job to take it to heart. His sincerity and concern are evident, yet his confidence outruns his understanding of Job's case. The book will gently overturn such settled certainty, reminding readers that genuine comfort flows not from rigid formulas but from the living God, finally revealed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 111:2Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Prov 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
- Job 32:11–12“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
- Deut 10:13to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
- Prov 2:3–5Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
- Job 15:9–10What do you know, that we don’t know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
- Job 22:2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
- Job 15:17“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
- Job 8:8–10“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
- Job 12:2“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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