“ I will answera thee, and thy companions with thee. ”
I will answer thee - Margin, “return to thee words.” Elihu meant to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of Job, and to show where Job was in error. And thy companions...
I will answer thee, and thy (b) companions with thee. (b) Such as are in the same error.
Elihu inquires whether it is Job's righteousness which finds expression in his question as to the profitableness of religion. Let him look to the heavens and see how far God is above him. Man's sin o...
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. I will answer thee - I will show thee the evil of a sinful way, and the benefit of righteousness; and supply what thy friends have omitted in their d...
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. Companions - those entertaining like sentiments with thee ( Job 34:8 ; Job 34:36 ).
The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-8. Elihu ( Job 34:9 ) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion.
And thy companions. — Elihu professes to answer Job’s friends as well as himself, but what he says ( Job 35:5 , &c.) is very much what Eliphaz had said before ( Job 15:14 , &c., Job 22:3 ,...
XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...
Songs in the Night Job 35:1-16 God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive...
Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations...
(1) В¶ Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? (3) For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What p...
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. Meaning not his three friends, as the Septuagint version expresses it; for they were not on the side of Job, and of the same sentiment with him, bu...
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. Ver. 4. I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee ] Thy three friends (who have not so well quit themselves in this controversy, as having...
I will answer thee, and thy companions That is, those who are of thy opinion. Look unto the heavens , &c. Cast up thine eyes to the heavens; look upon the clouds and the sky; and consider that...
Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 dea...
The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou th...
Thy companions, i.e. those who are of thy opinion, or with whom thou dost associate thyself in those speeches and carriages; which seems to be meant not of Job's three friends, (as many understand...
ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job 35:1 .—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c....
Job 35:2 . My righteousness is more than God's. The LXX react as the Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:...
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? Man’s character Nothing is so important to man as his character. I. That selfishness is an evil in man’s character.” For thou saidst, Wh...
EXPOSITION Job 35:1-18 In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first (verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has brought him no correspond...
Job's Standpoint of the Futility of Piety False
Job 34:8 ; Proverbs 13:20
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...