“ Should I lie against my right? my woundb is incurable without transgression. ”
Should I lie against my right? - These are also quoted as the words of Job, and as a part of the erroneous opinions on which Elihu proposes to comment. These words do not occur, however, as used...
Should I lie against my (d) right? my wound [is] (e) incurable without transgression. (d) Should I say, I am wicked, being an innocent? (e) I am more punished, than my sin deserves.
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...
transgression. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. Should I lie against my right? - Should I acknowledge myself the sinner which they paint me, and thus lie against my righ...
Should I lie against my right?— As to my accusation, I am belied: my wound is mortal, though I have not transgressed. Heath and Houb.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. i.e., were I to renounce my right (i:e., confess myself guilty), I should lie. Job virtually had said so ( Job 27:4-...
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...
Should I lie against my right? — Comp. Job 27:2-6 . My wound is incurable. — Literally, my arrow, i.e., the arrow which hath wounded me. (See Job 16:11 ; Job 17:1 , &c.) Without trans...
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...
Should I lie against my right ?.... No; I ought not: this though Job had not said in so many words, yet this seems to be his sense in Job 27:4 ; that should he own and say that he was a wicked man,...
Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression. Ver. 6. Should I lie against my right? ] Ut meam causam prodam, so as to betray my cause, and yield myself guilty wh...
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...
Should I lie against my right? so Job had said in effect, Job 27:4-6 . Should I falsely accuse myself of such sins of which I am no way conscious to myself? Should I betray mine own cause, and d...
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...
What man is like Job? Elihu’s estimate of Job It was natural that, with all his reverence for Job, Elihu should be offended by the heat and passion of his words, by the absence of moderation an...
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 16:13 ; Job 27:4-6 ; Job 6:4
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...
Should I lie — So Job had said in effect, Job 27:4-6 , should I falsely accuse myself of sins of which I am not guilty? Without transgression — Without any such crying, sin, as might reasonably br...