Job 32 · Verse 3

Job 32:3

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 32:3, King James Version

Job 32:3 in other translations

BSBand he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
WEBAlso his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
ASVAlso against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
YLTand against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.
DARBYand against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and yet condemned Job.
BBEAnd he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.
WebsterAlso against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

What does Job 32:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 32:1-6

Job 32:1-37:24. Speech of Elihu. 1-6. Prose (poetry begins with "I am young"). because, &c.--and because they could not prove to him that he was unrighteous.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 They had found no answer - They had condemned Job; and yet could not answer his arguments on the general subject, and in vindication of himself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 32:1-5

Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Elihu was displeased with Job's friends because they had not been candid to Job. Seldom is a quarrel begun, more seldom is a quarrel carried on, in which there are not faults on both sides. Those that seek for truth, must not…

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Job 32:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתu.vish.Lo.shetand on [the] threeH7969
רֵעָיו֮re.'Avcompanions hisH7453
חָרָ֪הcha.Rahit burnedH2734
אַ֫פּ֥וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639
עַ֤ל'alonH5921
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
מָצְא֣וּma.tze.'Uthey had foundH4672
מַעֲנֶ֑הma.'a.Nehan answerH4617
וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּvai.yar.Shi.'uand they had condemned as guiltyH7561
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אִיּֽוֹב\׃'i.YovJobH347

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 32:3

  • Job 8:6

    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  • Job 24:25

    And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

  • Job 22:5-30

    Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. …

  • Job 25:2-6

    Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. …

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

  • Job 15:34

    For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

  • Job 32:1

    So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

  • Acts 24:13

    Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

  • Job 26:2-4

    How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
because.
1; 24:25; 25:2-6; 26:2-4
and yet.
8:6; 15:34; 22:5-30; Ac 24:5,13

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Context

  • Job 32:2

    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.

  • Job 32:3

    Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

  • Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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Job 32:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Enojóse asimismo con furor contra sus tres amigos, porque no hallaban qué responder, aunque habían condenado á Job.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et sa colère s’enflamma contre ses trois amis, parce qu’ils ne trouvaient pas de réponse et qu’ils condamnaient Job.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sein Zorn entbrannte wider seine drei Freunde, darum, daß sie keine Antwort fanden und Hiob verdammten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro adversum amicos ejus indignatus est, eo quod non invenissent responsionem rationabilem, sed tantummodo condemnassent Job.