“ For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. ”
For by them judgeth he the people - By means of the clouds, the rain, the dew, the tempest, and the thunderbolt. The idea seems to be, that he makes use of all these to execute his purposes on ma...
For by them judgeth he (y) the people; he giveth meat in abundance. (y) He shows that the rain has a double use: the one that it declares God's judgments, when it overflows any places, and the other...
God draws up the water-drops and lets them fall in rain. Who can understand the distribution of the clouds, the thunders which fill the cloud where He dwells? ( cf. Psalms 18:11 ). He is surrounded...
people . peoples.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. By them judgeth he the people - He makes storms, tempests, winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, drought and inundation,...
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. These (rain and lightnings) are marvelous, and not to be understood ( Job 36:29 ), yet necessary: "For by them He judgeth (chast...
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.
For by them — i.e., these roots of the sea, these drops of water, these rain-clouds. “He judgeth peoples” by withholding them, or “giveth meat in abundance” by sending rain on the earth; or He ma...
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...
For by them judgeth he the people ,.... That is, by the clouds; which the Lord uses both in a way of judgment, as expressed in this clause; and in a way of mercy, as in the following; by these, and...
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. Ver. 31. For by them judgeth he the people ] i.e. By rain and drought in excess or defect, he punisheth people at his pleasure; wh...
For by them he judgeth the people By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people. He giveth meat By the same clouds by which he punisheth wic...
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...
By thunder and lightning he manifests his displeasure and executes his judgments against ungodly people or countries. He giveth meat in abundance; or, and (which conjunction is oft understood) he...
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
1 Samuel 12:18 ; 1 Samuel 2:10 ; 1 Samuel 7:10 ; Acts 14:17 ; Deuteronomy 8:15 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Exodus 9:23-25 ; Genesis 19:24 ; Genesis 6:17 ; Genesis 7:17-24 ; Job 37:13 ; Job 38:22...
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...
Judgeth — By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people. Meat — Giveth meat. By the same clouds, he provides plentiful showers dropping fatnes...