Then Job replied:
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Job answered,
- KJV But Job answered and said,
- NKJV Then Job answered and said:
- NASB Then Job responded,
- NLT Then Job spoke again:
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Quick answer
Job begins his reply to Eliphaz. It marks the start of his impassioned response to his friend's counsel.
Overview
This brief narrative line signals the turn from Eliphaz's speech to Job's answer in chapters six and seven. Job will not simply accept the easy retribution theology offered him. His response models honest lament before God, the kind of raw, faithful wrestling that Scripture permits and that finds its perfect expression in the prayers of Christ, who voiced both anguish and trust.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 1
- Job 4:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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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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