“ Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. ”
Every man may see it - That is, every man may look on the visible creation, and see proofs there of the wisdom and greatness of God. All may look on the sun, the moon, the stars; all may behold t...
Every man may see it; man may behold [it] (q) afar off. (q) The works of God are revealed, that a man may see them afar off, and know God by the same.
God is great who can teach like Him? Can man command or criticise Him? Man's part is to magnify his work in psalms, though only beholding it from afar, and unable to comprehend it.
Every man. Hebrew every. adam . App-14. man may behold . all mankind have gazed.
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. Every man may see it - He who says he can examine the earth with a philosophic eye, and the heavens with the eye of an astronomer, and yet says he...
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? God is not to be impiously arraigned, but to be praised for His might, shown in His works. Exalteth - rather х yasgiyb ( H7682...
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.
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...
(22) Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (23) Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? (24) В¶ Remember that thou magnify his work, which men b...
Every man may see it ,.... Not only was to be seen by the wise and learned, the just and good, but by the common people; whether it is to be understood of the works of creation, or of the afflictive...
Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off. Ver. 25. Every man may see it ] sc. In quo est vel mica bonae mentis; for a brutish man knoweth it not, Psalms 92:6,7 . But stupidus est,...
Remember Call to mind this thy duty; that thou magnify his work Every work which he doth; do not condemn any of his providential works, but adore them as done with admirable wisdom and justice....
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"...
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number o...
May see it, to wit, his work, last mentioned. The power, and wisdom, and greatness of God is so manifest in all his works, that all who are not blind or stupid must needs see and acknowledge it. M...
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 Divine Justice as Supreme Power and Wisdom
Job 28:24 ; Job 35:5 ; Job 39:29 ; Job 6:19
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...
It — The power, and wisdom, and greatness of God are so manifest in all his works, that all who are not stupid, must see and acknowledge it. Afar off — The works of God are so great and conspicuous...