1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. …
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
But Job answered and said,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)In these verses, I. Eliphaz excuses the trouble he is now about to give to Job by his discourse (Job 4:2): “ If we assay a word with thee , offer a word of reproof and counsel, wilt thou be grieved and take it ill?” We have reason to fear thou wilt; but there is no remedy: “ Who can refrain from words ?” Observe, 1. With what modesty he speaks of himself and his own attempt. He will not undertake…
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