Job 36:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. ”

Job 36:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take heed, regard not iniquity - That is, be cautious that in the view which you take of the divine government, and the sentiments which you express, you do not become the advocate of iniquity. E...
Job 36:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take heed, regard not (p) iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. (p) And so murmur against God through impatiency.
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Regard not iniquity - It is sinful to entertain such wishes; it is an insult to the providence of God. He sends affli...
Job 36:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Regard - literally, turn thyself to. Iniquity - namely, presumptuous speaking against God ( Job 34:5 , an...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Regard not iniquity. — Or, perhaps, the special sin of longing for death, for thou hast desired to die rather than bear thine affliction. Alas! Job’s case is not a solitary one, for who that has be...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - 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 36:21 - 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 36:21 - 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 36:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take heed, regard not iniquity ,.... Not any iniquity, as to show any approbation of it, love for it, and desire after it. All appearance of sin, of every sin, is to be abstained from; but particula...
Job 36:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Ver. 21. Take heed, regard not iniquity ] This especially of blaming God's judgments, as if they were unequal. No...
Job 36:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Desire not the night The night of death, which Job had often desired, for then thou art irrecoverably gone: take heed of thy foolish and often-repeated desire of death, lest God inflict it upon the...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - 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 36:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Regard not iniquity, or, look not to it , to wit, with an approving or coveting eye, as this word is used, Proverbs 23:31 . Thou hast chosen rather to quarrel with God, and censure his judgment...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - 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 36:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Take heed; regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Affliction better than sin Elihu rebukes Job with a becoming dignity, for some rash and unadvised speeches whic...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
Job 36:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:17 ; 1 Peter 4:15 ; 1 Peter 4:16 ; Acts 5:40 ; Acts 5:41 ; Daniel 3:16-18 ; Daniel 6:10 ; Ezekiel 14:4 ; Hebrews 11:25 ; Job 34:7-9 ; Job 35:3 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Matthew 16:24 ;...
Job 36:21 - 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 36:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Chosen — Thou hast chosen rather to quarrel with God, and censure his judgments, than quietly to submit to them.

Job 36:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 36:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 36:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 36:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 36:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 36:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 36:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 36:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 36:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 36:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 36:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 36:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 36:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 36:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 36:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 36:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 36:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 36:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 36:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes