Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
EPILOGUE, in prose. (Job 42:7-17)
to Eliphaz—because he was the foremost of the three friends; their speeches were but the echo of his.
right—literally, "well-grounded," sure and true. Their spirit towards Job was unkindly, and to justify themselves in their unkindliness they used false arguments (Job 13:7); (namely, that calamities always prove peculiar guilt); therefore, though it was "for God" they spake thus falsely, God "reproves" them, as Job said He would (Job 13:10).
as . . . Job hath—Job had spoken rightly in relation to them and their argument, denying their theory, and the fact which they alleged, that he was peculiarly guilty and a hypocrite; but wrongly in relation to God, when he fell into the opposite extreme of almost denying all guilt. This extreme he has now repented of, and therefore God speaks of him as now altogether "right."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 42:7:
Job 19:29
Job 22:30
Job 42:7
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