Job 32:2 - Tree of Life Version Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite of the clan of Ram became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God [even made himself out to be better than God]. American Standard Version (1901) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. Common English Bible Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the clan of Ram was angry, angry with Job because he considered himself more righteous than God. Catholic Public Domain Version And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and was moved to indignation. Now he was angry against Job, because he said he was just before God. |
Is it good for You to oppress, to despise the work of Your hands, while You smile on the plans of the wicked?
For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.
You have turned on me cruelly; You attack me with the might of Your hand.
He was also angry with his three friends because they had not found an answer, and yet had condemned Job.
“Indeed, you have said in my hearing, —I heard the sound of the words:
“Do you think this is just? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is greater than God’s?’
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
After looking around at them with anger, grieved by their hardness of heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun go down on your anger,