“ For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. ”
For Job hath said, I am righteous - see Job 13:18 , “I know that I shall be justified;” compare Job 23:10-11 , where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also re...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken (c) away my judgment. (c) That is, has afflicted me without measure.
Elihu summons the wise men who hear him to seek a right decision. Job has accused God of injustice, when he is innocent. But in reality Job is the worst of scorners, for he denies the profit of relig...
I am righteous. Compare Job 9:21-24 ; Job 10:15 ; Job 27:6 ; Job 13:15 ; Job 13:18 ; Job 13:23 ; Job 16:17 ; Job 19:7 ; Job 23:7 ; Job 23:10-12 ; Job 27:5 , &c. GOD. Hebrew El. Ap...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2 , etc.,...
God hath taken away my judgment— This refers to the words of Job, chap. Job 27:2 and the force of the exception lies in a misinterpretation. Job had said, God hath respited my judgment: this El...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Judgment my right. Job's own words ( Job 13:...
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...
For Job hath said. — See Job 13:18-19 ; Job 27:2 , especially.
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 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 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...
(1) В¶ Furthermore Elihu answered and said, (2) Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. (3) For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. (4) Let us choose...
For Job hath said, I am righteous ,.... Not in express words, but what amounted to it: no doubt he was a righteous man in an evangelic sense, being justified by the righteousness of Christ, as all t...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Ver. 5. For Job hath said, I am righteous ] So he was with a twofold righteousness: imputed, or the righteousness of justifi...
Job hath said, I am righteous I am so far righteous that I have not deserved, nor had any reason to expect, such hard usage from God. God hath taken away my judgment So Job had said, Job 27:2 ;...
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...
The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my wor...
I am righteous; either, 1. I am perfectly righteous. But this Job did not say, but the contrary, Job 9:2,3 Job 14:4 . Or, 2. I am a sincere person, no hypocrite, as my friends made me. But...
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 34:1-3 . 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 34:5 . 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...
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 Accused of Falsehood and Blasphemy
Job 10:7 ; Job 11:4 ; Job 16:17 ; Job 27:2 ; Job 29:14 ; Job 32:1 ; Job 33:9 ; Job 9:17
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...
Said — I am so far righteous, that I have not deserved, such hard usage from God. Had taken — So Job had said, Job 27:2 , he denies me that which is just and equal, to give me a fair hearing.