“ That he may withdraw man from his purpose,d and hide pride from man. ”
That he may withdraw man from his purpose - Margin, “work.” The sense is plain. God designs to warn him of the consequences of executing a plan of iniquity. He alarms him by showing him that his...
That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide (i) pride from man. (i) He shows for why God sends afflictions: to beat down man's pride, and to turn from evil.
God answers man in two ways. One is by visions of the night, to withhold him from destruction. In Job 33:14 read God speaketh in one way, yea in two if man regardeth it not. With the vision of the...
man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. from man. Hebrew from geber. App-4.
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
For God speaketh once, &c.— When God hath spoken once, verily he will not repeat it. Houb. Elihu, blaming Job for some intemperate expressions that he had used, and for the manner of his offe...
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. Purpose - margin, 'work.' So. Job 36:9 . So 'business' in a bad sense ( 1 Samuel 20:19 ). Elihu alludes to Job's words ( J...
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.
F rom his purpose. — Rather, That He may witharaw man from carrying out his evil actions, and may remove that pride from man which he secretly cherishes. This is the main point of Elihu’s teachi...
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...
(8) В¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, (9) I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. (10) Behold, he...
That he may withdraw a man [from his] purpose ,.... Or "work" m, his wicked work, as the Targum; either which he has begun upon, or which he designed to do. Thus Abimelech and Laban were restrained...
That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man. Ver. 17. That he may withdraw man from his purpose ] Or, rather, practice. Heb. work, that is, evil work, called a man's own w...
Then he openeth the ears of men When their minds are free from the business and cares of the day, he secretly whispers instruction upon their ears, and imprints it upon their minds, and that in suc...
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...
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openet...
That he, i.e. God, who was expressed Job 33:14 , and designed by this pronoun he both in the foregoing and following verses. From his purpose, i.e. from the execution of his purpose. Heb. from...
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...
In a dream. A hard case How persevering is Divine love. God has voices which He uses in such a way that men must and shall hear. I. So, then, first, let us begin with what is a very humbling...
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...
Of the True Relation of Sinful Man Toward God
2 Chronicles 32:25 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7 ; Acts 9:2-6 ; Daniel 4:30-37 ; Deuteronomy 8:16 ; Genesis 20:6 ; Hosea 2:6 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 23:9 ; James 4:10 ; Job 17:11 ; Matthew 27:19
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...
Pride — And God by this means is said to hide pride from man, because by these glorious representations of his Divine majesty to man, he takes him off from the admiration of his own excellency, and...