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Job Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Job 4:2

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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BBE Job 4:2

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?
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DARBY Job 4:2

If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
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KJV Job 4:2

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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WBT Job 4:2

If we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can refrain from speaking?
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WEB Job 4:2

"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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YLT Job 4:2

Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? rather, If one assay a word against thee wilt thou be angry? Eliphaz feels that what he is about to say will be unwelcome, and, as it were, apologizes beforehand. Surely Job will not be angry if a friend just ventures a word. But who can withhold himself from speaking? Let Job be angry or not, Eliphaz must speak. It is impossible to hear such words as Job has uttered, and yet keep silence. God's wisdom and justice have been impugned, and must be vindicated.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersIV.(2) If we assay.--Rather, perhaps, Has one ever assayed? or, Has a word ever been tried? It appears from Job 29:9-10, that Job was held in great honour and reverence by all, and Eliphaz regarded him with awe such as would have constrained him to be silent, but he is so convinced that Job is wrong and deserves reproof, that he cannot refrain from speaking. He strikes a note, however, which the friends all sound, namely, that it is the wicked who suffer, and that all who suffer must be wicked. This, in a variety of forms, is the sum and substance of what they have to say.