“ I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. ”
I said, Days should speak - The aged ought to speak. They have had the advantage of long observation of the course of events; they are acquainted with the sentiments of past times; they may have...
I said, Days (e) should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. (e) Meaning, the ancient, who have experience.
Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have failed, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God....
Days... years. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for men of years: aged men.
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Days should speak - That is, men are to be reputed wise and experienced in proportion to the time they have lived. The Easterns...
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Days - i:e., the aged ( Job 15:10 ).
The Speeches of Elihu It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with su...
XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1-22 ; Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends....
Elihu Enters Job 32:1-22 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is anothe...
The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interr...
(6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mul...
I said, days should speak ,.... That is, men of days, of many days, who have lived many days and years in the world: man in common is but of few days, even the most that men arrive to are but few; a...
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Ver. 7. I said, Days should speak ] This seems to have been a proverb in those days; and it ran much in Elihu's mind. We use...
When Elihu saw, &c., then his wrath was kindled When he saw that none of these three offered to reply, but sat as men that knew not what to say, he was not able to hold his peace any longer. Wi...
Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There app...
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak,...
Days, i.e. multitude of days, by comparing the next clause of the verse. Or men of days , i.e. of many days or years, old men. Should speak, to wit, wisely and pertinently, as the next words lim...
Notes Job 32:2 . “ Elihu ” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been...
Job 32:2 . Elihu. The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of...
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu. Analysis of Elihu’s speech After the introduction Elihu reproves Job, because he had claimed too much for himself, and had indulged in a spirit of complaini...
EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of hi...
Elihu Gives the Reason for his Speaking
1 Kings 12:6-8 ; Hebrews 5:12 ; Job 12:12 ; Job 8:8-10 ; Proverbs 1:1-4 ; Proverbs 16:31 ; Psalms 34:11 ; Psalms 34:12
High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...