GOD. Hebrew El.
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom - That is, this has been permitted and ordered in such a manner that it might be manifest that the t...
Lest ye should say, We have (h) found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. (h) Flatter yourselves as though you had overcome him.
Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have failed, Elih...
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. We have found out wisdom - We by dint of our own wisdom and understand...
Lest ye should say— Say ye not, therefore, we have found out wisdom? It is God must confute him, and not man. "God only can sift him to the botto...
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. This has been so ordered, "lest ye should" pride yourselves on...
The Speeches of Elihu It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the fol...
RV 'Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.' The friends must not excuse themselves for their failure on the score t...
Lest ye should say. — That is, “I resolved to speak, lest ye should think yourselves wise, and that God was afflicting him on account of his sins.”...
XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1-22 ; Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the plac...
Elihu Enters Job 32:1-22 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before...
The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final m...
(6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mi...
Lest ye should say, we have found out wisdom ,.... They were left to themselves, and not directed to take the proper methods of convincing Job, and...
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. Ver. 13. Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom ] Or, See tha...
Yea, I attended unto you I have duly considered all you have said; and behold, none of you convinced Job I must pronounce you have not confuted h...
Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a si...
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show...
Lest ye should say; it is a defective speech, and may be thus supplied: Thus it was, or God thus left you to your own weakness, and mistakes, and i...
Notes Job 32:2 . “ Elihu ” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his...
Job 32:2 . Elihu. The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for...
EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has bee...
Elihu Gives the Reason for his Speaking
lest ye should say, in trying to excuse their failure, We have found out wisdom; God thrusteth him down, not man, they had found such superior wisd...
1 Corinthians 1:19-21 ; 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ; 1 Corinthians 3:18 ; Ezekiel 28:3 ; Genesis 14:23 ; Isaiah 48:5 ; Isaiah 48:7 ; Isaiah 5:21 ;...
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...
Left — God thus left you to your own weakness, lest you should ascribe the conquering or silencing of Job to your own wisdom. God — This is alleged...
13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.