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And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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.
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, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
Wherefore I abhor (myself), And repent in dust and ashes.