I am Young & ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid, 1825, William Blake, British, 1757–1827, 8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Engraving, England, 19th century, Both Job and his friends are silenced because neither has convinced the other and they have no further dialogue. Elihu enters the discussion. He is moved to wrath against Job for justifying himself instead of God and even more his friends for condemning Job. As indicated by his posture, his arguments are drawn from the astronomical universe: his left hand points to the stars, which are also rendered in the margins

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