“ So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul daintyf meat. ”
So that his life abhorreth bread - It is a common effect of sickness to take away the appetite. Elihu here regards it as a part of the wholesome discipline of the sufferer. He has no relish for t...
So that his (k) life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. (k) That is, his painful and miserable life.
There is a second way, when a man is brought near to death, and the destroying angels wait to take his life. Then an angel of mercy instructs man in the meaning of his suffering, intercedes for him,...
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His life abhorreth bread - These expressions strongly and naturally point out that general nausea, or loathing which sick persons feel in a...
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Life - i:e., the appetite, which ordinarily sustains, "life" ( Job 38:39 , margin; see Psalms 107:18 , "Their soul abhorreth all m...
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.
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...
(18) He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. (19) В¶ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: (20) So tha...
So that his life abhorreth bread ,.... Through the force of pain he loses his appetite for food, and even a nausea of it takes place; he loathes it as the most abominable and filthy thing that can b...
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Ver. 20. So that his life abhorreth bread ] Which is the staff of man's life, and by the Latins called panis, of the Greek παν, as if...
He keepeth back his soul from the pit By these gracious admonitions, whereby God leads men to humiliation of soul before him, and to repentance, he preserves their lives from death and the grave, a...
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...
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed...
His life, i.e. his soul, as the next clause explains it; or his appetite, which is a sign and an act of life. Bread, i.e. common and necessary food. Dainty meat; such as others do, and he forme...
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...
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed. Sanctified affliction Two Chapter s in the hook of human life are hard to understand--the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the right...
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
Amos 5:11 ; Genesis 3:6 ; Jeremiah 3:19 ; Psalms 107:17 ; Psalms 107:18
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...