Found. Hebrew, "produced an answer, but had still condemned Job;" (Haydock) or, "had made Job wicked," by giving him occasion to blaspheme, in order to defend his own righteousness. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "they took it for granted (or laid it down as a fact, Greek: ethento) that he was a wretch." This was not true: (Haydock) but they had also doe their best to prove it. (Calmet) --- Job. Almost all the Rabbins assert that the original copies read Jehova, "the Lord;" (Haydock) and that the Masorets changed it, to avoid the apparent blasphemy; as if the three friends had rendered themselves guilty by not answering Job. But the Chaldean, &c., are silent on this head, and Abenezra allows that the change is very doubtful. (Calmet)

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