“ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. ”
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee - In the next chapter he addresses the three friends of Job. This is addressed particularly to him. My speeches - Hebrew, “my words” - מלה millâh . This is the...
Elihu turns to Job and bids him answer him, if he can. He will not terrify him into silence, as Job said God would ( Job 9:34 ; Job 13:21 ). Job 33:4 should follow Job 33:6 and thus Job 33:...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Elihu offereth himself in God's stead to reason with Job, in meekness and sincerity. He excuseth God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness; and inciteth Job to attention. Be...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-13. Elihu blames Job for regarding himself as sinless, and complaining that' God is his enemy and will not answer him.
XXXIII. (1) Wherefore, Job, I pray thee. — He begins by professing his sincerity and integrity; and with reference to Job’s expressed desire to find an umpire ( Job 9:33 ), and one who would mai...
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....
the Interpreter Job 33:1-33 It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between Job and his Maker. He dwells especially on his own...
Elihu began his direct appeal to Job by asking his attention, assuring him of sincerity in motive, and finally declaring that he spoke to him as a comrade, not as a judge, or one who would fill him w...
CONTENTS Elihu in this chapter enters upon his subject. It is directed to Jobadiah He begs Job's attention: and, as Job had desired, in the eagerness of dispute with his friends, that he had some da...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches ,.... In the preceding chapter, Elihu directed his discourse to the three friends of Job chiefly, here to Job himself, and that by name; which none of h...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. Ver. 1. Wherefore Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches ] Plain Job, for flattering titles Elihu would give none, Job 32:2...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches Here Elihu addresses his speech to Job alone, (for he considered what the three friends had advanced as having been sufficiently confuted by Job in his...
HE SPEAKS AS A MEDIATOR (vv.1-7) Elihu did not take any haughty and unfeeling attitude as did Job's three friends, but speaks with simple humility, entreating Job to hear and consider what he sa...
The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and h...
JOB CHAPTER 33 He offereth himself in God's stead to reason with Job, Job 33:1-7 , who had too hard thoughts of God, who by his greatness giveth no account of his ways, Job 33:8-13 . God inst...
ELIHU’S FIRST SPEECH Elihu addresses himself to Job on the subject of God’s afflictive dispensations. Afflictions often disciplinary chastisements. I. He bespeaks Job’s careful attention to al...
This is a speech of young Elihu, who had sat quietly listening to the taunting words of the three «candid friends» of Job, and to the somewhat exasperated replies of the patriarch. At last, the young...
Job 33:4 . The Spirit of God hath made me. See on Genesis 2:7 , and Psalms 33:6 . The creation of man was known to all the descendants of Noah, much the same as to Moses. Sanchoniatho the Phœnic...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches. Personal applications of truth Here is the great failure in the case of the three friends and Elihu: they speak broad generalities; they are sure...
EXPOSITION Job 33:1-18 In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to address Job himself, offering to reason out the matter in dispute with him, in God's stead. Aft...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, the special summons being directed to Job as the one in need of correction, and hearken to all my words.
Job 13:6 ; Job 34:2 ; Mark 4:9 ; Psalms 49:1-3
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...