1 Chronicles 29:14; Job 22:2; Job 22:3; Proverbs 9:12; Psalms 16:2; Romans 11:35
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? - The same sentiment substantially as in the previous verses. It is, that God is supreme and independ...
Elihu inquires whether it is Job's righteousness which finds expression in his question as to the profitableness of religion. Let him look to the hea...
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. Elihu, like Eliphaz ( Job 22:2-3 ; Job 22:12 ), shows that...
The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-8. Elihu ( Job 34:9 ) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals...
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 ascribe...
Songs in the Night Job 35:1-16 God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, th...
Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness as being "more th...
(1) В¶ Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? (3) For thou saidst...
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him ?.... All righteousness is of God that any creatures have. What the angels in heaven have, or Adam had in...
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? Ver. 7. If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? ] Nothing, sin...
I will answer thee, and thy companions That is, those who are of thy opinion. Look unto the heavens , &c. Cast up thine eyes to the heavens; l...
Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly connected with ch...
The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 El...
He gaineth nothing by it, nor can indeed receive any good from thee, because all thy good comes from him. And therefore thou hast no reason to boast...
ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavi...
Job 35:2 . My righteousness is more than God's. The LXX react as the Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too strong an...
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? Man’s character Nothing is so important to man as his character. I. That selfishness i...
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? Does man influence, God Elihu, in these words, brings out his views of God in the form of questio...
EXPOSITION Job 35:1-18 In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first (verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a l...
Job's Standpoint of the Futility of Piety False
If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him, or what receiveth He of thine hand? Neither the sins of men nor their good deeds have any effect upon the...
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...
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?