Acts 10:26; Job 23:4; Job 23:5; Job 32:1; Job 32:12; Job 32:14; Job 33:32; Job 33:33; Psalms 50:21
If thou canst answer me - The meaning of this verse is this: “The controversy between you and me, if you choose to reply, shall be conducted in t...
Elihu turns to Job and bids him answer him, if he can. He will not terrify him into silence, as Job said God would ( Job 9:34 ; Job 13:21 ). Job...
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Set thy words in order before me, &c.— Set thy arguments in array against me; stand thy ground. This is a metaphor taken from the drawing up...
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Images from a court of justice. Stand up - alluding to Job's words ( J...
The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-13. Elihu blames Job for regarding himself as sinless, and complaining that' God is his enemy and will not ans...
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...
the Interpreter Job 33:1-33 It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between J...
Elihu began his direct appeal to Job by asking his attention, assuring him of sincerity in motive, and finally declaring that he spoke to him as a co...
(4) The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (5) If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me,...
If thou canst answer me ,.... That is, when he had done speaking, after he had heard him out; if he thought he could make a reply to him, he gave hi...
If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up. Ver. 5. If thou canst answer me ] Or, If thou canst, do thou answer me. Thi...
The Spirit of God hath made me , &c. First of all, consider that I am thy fellow-creature, made by God's Spirit, ( Genesis 1:2 ,) and quickened...
HE SPEAKS AS A MEDIATOR (vv.1-7) Elihu did not take any haughty and unfeeling attitude as did Job's three friends, but speaks with simple humili...
The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 Wh...
I shall allow thee all freedom of discourse; I cannot terrify thee, as God would: I shall not reproach thee, nor cavil at thee, as thy friends have d...
ELIHU’S FIRST SPEECH Elihu addresses himself to Job on the subject of God’s afflictive dispensations. Afflictions often disciplinary chastisemen...
This is a speech of young Elihu, who had sat quietly listening to the taunting words of the three «candid friends» of Job, and to the somewhat exaspe...
Job 33:4 . The Spirit of God hath made me. See on Genesis 2:7 , and Psalms 33:6 . The creation of man was known to all the descendants of Noah,...
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches. Personal applications of truth Here is the great failure in the case of the three friends and El...
EXPOSITION Job 33:1-18 In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to address Job himself, offering to reason out t...
Elihu Challenges Job and Questions his Innocence
If thou canst answer me, endowed as Elihu was by the act of his creation, set thy words in order before me, stand up, drawing up in the attitude of...
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...
5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.