Job 36:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. ”

Job 36:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He openeth also their ear to discipline - To teaching; or he makes them willing to learn the lessons which their afflictions are designed to teach; coral). See the notes at Job 33:16 .
Job 36:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

God is mighty, yet despises none. He destroys the wicked, but watches over the righteous, exalting them to honour. If He afflicts them it is to bring home to them their sin. Thus God instructs them a...
Job 36:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven . App-44. Not the same word as Job 36:23 .
Job 36:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. He openeth also their ear - He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands th...
Job 36:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; If they be afflicted, it is no proof that they are hypocrites, as the friends maintain; or that God disregards them, and...
Job 36:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their afflictions.
Job 36:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Job 36:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Despiseth not Any Job 36:1-33 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever...
Job 36:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address. He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was ab...
Job 36:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth no...
Job 36:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He openeth also their ear to discipline ,.... Or "to correction" o; to the rod of correction; to hear the voice of it and him that has appointed it; its reproving voice for sin, its directing voice...
Job 36:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. Ver. 10. He openeth also their ear to discipline ] See on Job 33:16 . And commandeth that they return f...
Job 36:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If they be bound in fetters If, through the vicissitude of worldly affairs, they are brought from their throne into a prison, as sometimes hath been done. Then he showeth them their work Their ev...
Job 36:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He fetched it "from afar"...
Job 36:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not h...
Job 36:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. He enableth and inclineth them to hearken to what God speaks by the rod, who would not hear in the time of their prosperity; like them Jeremiah 22:21 . To discipline; or, to instruction ,...
Job 36:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1 .—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to a more becoming state of mind in refere...
Job 36:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 36:10 Discipline is the art or system of learning generally any little things. It is very much the same as instruction or education. But because teaching or education is often a very hard thin...
Job 36:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:3 . I will fetch my knowledge from afar; from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the perf...
Job 36:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

He openeth their ear to discipline. Discipline 1. Notice the discipline which God uses in His family. Many of us are froward children and need discipline. Job needed it, and had it; we are not...
Job 36:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 36:1-18 The two chapters, Job 36:1-18 ; Job 37:1-18 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the...
Job 36:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
Job 36:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:14 ; Acts 17:30 ; Acts 3:19 ; Ezekiel 18:30 ; Ezekiel 18:31 ; Hosea 14:1 ; Isaiah 1:16-20 ; Isaiah 48:17 ; Isaiah 48:8 ; Isaiah 50:5 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; James 4:8 ; Je...
Job 36:10 - 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 36:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Openeth — He inclines them to hearken to what God speaks by the rod.

Job 36:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 36:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 36:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 36:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 36:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 36:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 36:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 36:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 36:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 36:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 36:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 36:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 36:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 36:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 36:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 36:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 36:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 36:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 36:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes