“ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. ”
Will he esteem thy riches? - That is God will not regard thy riches as a reason why he should not cut you off, or as a ransom for your forfeited life. The reference here must be to the fact that...
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...
Will he esteem thy riches? no , not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Forces of strength - i:e., resources of wealth ( Psalms 49:6-7 ; Proverbs 11:4 , "Riches profit not in the day of wra...
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.
No, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. — The words here are doubtful. Some render, “Will He esteem thy riches, that thou be not in distress?” or, “all the forces of thy strength;” others, “W...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Riches can be of no account, nor bear any weight with God; for they are of him and come from him, and what he has a right...
Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Ver. 19. Will he esteem thy riches? ] Tremellius rendereth it, thy nobility. Others read it thus, Will he regard thy cryi...
Because there is wrath Conceived by God against thee; because, by thy pleading the cause of the wicked, thou hast provoked God's wrath against thee; beware lest he take thee away by his stroke בש...
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"...
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...
If thou couldst recover thy lost wealth or strength, or thy friends would employ theirs on thy behalf, neither could the one ransom thee, nor the other rescue thee.
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 36:3 . 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...
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...
The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
Isaiah 2:20 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; James 5:3 ; Job 34:20 ; Job 9:13 ; Proverbs 10:2 ; Proverbs 11:21 ; Proverbs 11:4 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Psalms 33:17 ; Zephaniah 1:18
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...
Thy riches — If thou hadst as much of them as ever. Forces — The strongest forces.