Job 36:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He delivereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. ”

Job 36:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction - Margin, “or afflicted.” This accords better with the usual meaning of the Hebrew word ( עני ‛ ânı̂y ) and with the connection. The inquiry was not p...
Job 36:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The godless cherish angry thoughts about God's discipline they refuse to cry for God's help ( Job 36:13 ). They die young, perishing like the sodomites (those religiously consecrated to unnatural vic...
Job 36:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. And openeth their ears in oppression - He will let them know for what end they are afflicted, and why he permits them t...
Job 36:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction— Whilst, or, but he delivereth, &c.
Job 36:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. Same sentiment as Job 36:11-12 expanded. Verse 13. Hypocrites - or, the ungodly (Maurer); but "hypocrites" i...
Job 36:15 - 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 36:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction. — The point of Elihu’s discourse is rather that He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction; He makes use of the very affliction to deliver him by it as...
Job 36:15 - 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 36:15 - 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 36:15 - 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 36:15 - 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 36:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction ,.... The righteous or godly poor; who are not only poor in worldly things, but poor in spirit; who are humbled, brought low, and made contrite, through the...
Job 36:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Ver. 15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction ] Oft in this life, as he did David signally, Psalms 34:6 , "This...
Job 36:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And openeth their ears That is, causeth them to hear, and understand, and do the will of God; hearing being often put for obeying; in oppression That is, in the time of their oppression; or, by...
Job 36:15 - 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 36:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitne...
Job 36:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Causeth them to hear, and understand, and do the will of God; hearing being oft put for obeying . And this latter clause seems to be added, to intimate that he will not deliver all afflicted pe...
Job 36:15 - 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 36:15 - 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 36:15 - 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 36:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
Job 36:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 12:8 ; Job 36:10 ; Job 36:6
Job 36:15 - 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 36:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Openeth — Causeth them to hear, and understand, and do, the will of God.

Job 36:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 36:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 36:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 36:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 36:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 36:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 36:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 36:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 36:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 36:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 36:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 36:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 36:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 36:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 36:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 36:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 36:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 36:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes