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CHAPTER S 32--33:7
_ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_
2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6)
3. His address to Job (Job 33:1)
Job 32:1. As
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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, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God.
J...
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Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which
aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom did not always
accompany grey hairs; it is a gift of God, and, conscious of
poss...
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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 following. His
presence comes upon the reader with surpri...
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Elihu spoke like a lawyer. He had listened to the other speeches. He
thought carefully about them. But the three friends’ arguments did
not impress him. He saw that they had no evidence to accuse Job....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 32
ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
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THEREFORE I SAID. — Equivalent to, _Therefore I say._ It is what he
says now, as the result of former convictions....
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לָכֵ֣ן אָ֭מַרְתִּי שִׁמְעָה ־לִּ֑י
אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵּעִ֣י...
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POST-EXILIC WISDOM
Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1
A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes
the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son
of Bara...
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ELIHU ENTERS
Job 32:1
The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They
have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up
the argument there is another side of...
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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 movements takes no notice other than that of interru...
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(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 mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mult...
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_A NEW DISPUTANT_
‘Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.’
Job 32:10
I. THE LAST VOICE IN THE EARTHLY CONTROVERSY IS NOW HEARD.—It is a
new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answe...
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Elihu's Speeches
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had
just replied to Zophar's speech.
1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37.
But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this
consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid
G...
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THEREFORE I SAID, HEARKEN TO ME,.... Thou O Job, and every one of you
his friends, for the word is singular; though I am but a young man,
yet if I have the Spirit of God, and am under the inspiration...
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_Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion._
Ver. 10. _Therefore I said, Heaken to me_] This he speaks by way of
apostrophe to Job, with whom he would fain ingratiate, that he mi...
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_Great men are not always wise_ That is, men of eminence for age, or
learning, or dignity and power, such as Job's three friends seem to
have been; _neither do the aged_ (always) _understand judgment_...
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Therefore I said, Hearken to me, each one of his hearers being
summoned to hear; I ALSO WILL SHOW MINE OPINION....
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ELIHU GIVES THE REASON FOR HIS SPEAKING...
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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 silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...
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In view of this inference that Job and his friends were ignorant,
Elihu pleads for. hearing. The expressions "listen to me" and "let me
speak" are repeated in this section (Job 32:20; Job 33:1; Job 34...
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6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest
experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he plea...
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I SAID within myself, and now I say it with my mouth. _Hearken to me_;
thou, Job, especially, who art more nearly concerned, (to whom
therefore he speaketh in the singular number,) and thy friends wit...
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Job 32:10 say H559 (H8804) Listen H8085 (H8798) declare H2331 (H8762)
opinion H1843...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends.
CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved
when injury is plainly do...
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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 Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...
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JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is
introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his
speeches (Job 32:6). Th
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the
introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his
remarks primarily at the three friends....
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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 personality, speeches, and character.
He has been consid...
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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 been made
of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...
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So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu.
So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job,
because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath
of E...
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1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:40...
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HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB
Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3