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. {himself: Heb. his soul}
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Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?
{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
{Is it} good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? {work: Heb. labour}
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? {govern: Heb. bind?}
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched {it} out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. {hardness: or, blindness}
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And it was {so}, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me {the thing that is} right, as my servant Job {hath}.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
When Elihu saw that {there was} no answer in the mouth of {these} three men, then his wrath was kindled.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. {wholly...: or, full of idols}
I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?