Job 34:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: ”

Job 34:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely it is meet to be said unto God - It is evident that this verse commences a new strain of remark, and that it is designed particularly to bring Job to proper reflections in view of what had...
Job 34:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Surely it is meet (z) to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: (z) It only belongs to God to moderate his corrections, and not to man.
Job 34:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

If God does not intervene, who can condemn Him, even if He set up the wicked to rule? If only man penitently confesses his sin, is Job to presume to fix his punishment? Wise men will say that Job has...
Job 34:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more : Surely it is meet to be said unto God - This is Elihu's exhortation to Job: Humble thyself before God...
Job 34:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have borne chastisement, &c.— I lift up my hands; let me not be utterly destroyed. Heath. See Houb.
Job 34:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: Job accordingly says so ( Job 40:3-5 ; Micah 7:9 ; Leviticus 26:41 ). It was to lead him to this...
Job 34:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to...
Job 34:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have borne chastisement... — These verses express the attitude that should be assumed towards God: one of submission and penitence.
Job 34:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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....
Job 34:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Almighty Must Be Just Job 34:1-37 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of...
Job 34:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job ha...
Job 34:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(29) When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: (30) That the hypocrite rei...
Job 34:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely it is meet to be said unto God ,.... By any afflicted person under his chastising hand, and particularly by Job, for whom the advice and instructions in this verse and Job 34:32 are designe...
Job 34:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: Ver. 31. Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement ] To convince a man of a...
Job 34:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Surely it is meet to be said unto God It is certainly but fit and reasonable that man, a weak and sinful creature, should speak thus to his Maker and supreme Lord, who is so much superior to him, a...
Job 34:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of 1 Corinthians 10:15 , "I speak...
Job 34:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 3...
Job 34:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Certainly it is but fit and reasonable that man should say thus to his Maker and supreme Lord, and that instead of contending with God, he should submit to him. Or, (which comes to the same thing,)...
Job 34:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1 .—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence p...
Job 34:31 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 34:1-3 . Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. I wish that vers...
Job 34:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 34:5 . Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment. See on Job 27:2 . Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of hi...
Job 34:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have borne chastisement. The nature and necessity of holy resolution There are two essential parts of a true repentance. A humble acknowledgment and confession of our sins to God. A firm purp...
Job 34:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 34:1-18 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special f...
Job 34:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, or, "Is it that one indeed says to God?" I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more, expiating, bearing punishment without having done evil.
Job 34:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:7-14 ; Ezra 9:13 ; Ezra 9:14 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; Jeremiah 31:19 ; Job 33:27 ; Job 40:3-5 ; Job 42:6 ; Leviticus 26:41 ; Micah 7:9 ; Nehemiah 9:33-38
Job 34:31 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Job 34:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 34:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 34:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 34:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 34:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 34:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 34:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 34:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 34:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 34:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 34:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 34:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 34:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 34:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 34:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 34:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 34:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 34:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 34:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 34:31 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 34:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 34:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 34:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 34:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 34:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 34:31 - Wells of Living Water Commentary