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Verse Job 32:16. _WHEN I HAD WAITED_] I waited to hear if they had any
thing to reply to Job; and when I found them in effect speechless,
then I ventured to come forward....
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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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If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's
silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God
will prevent his showing partiality....
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Job 32:16 is most naturally to be taken as a question,
16. And shall I wait because they speak not,
Because they stand still and answer no more?
17. I will answer also my part, &c.
The discomfitur...
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Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and
present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are
discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...
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TEXT 32:11-22
11 BEHOLD, I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS,
I listened for your reasonings,
Whilst ye searched out what to say.
12 Yea, I attended onto you,
And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,
O...
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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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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 32
ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
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In Job 2:13, the three friends were silent because Job’s words upset
them. But now they had argued with Job. And so nobody wanted to speak,
except Elihu. He had waited patiently during their long spee...
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WHEN I HAD WAITED. — Or, as some render it, “And shall I wait
because they speak not?” But they stand still and make no further
reply....
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וְ֭ הֹוחַלְתִּי כִּי ־לֹ֣א
יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י...
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XXV.
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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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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WHEN ONE HAD WAITED,.... To observe whether they would make any reply
to what he had said, or any objection to his engaging in the
controversy:
FOR THEY SPAKE NOT; were as mute as fishes:
BUT STOOD...
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When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and]
answered no more;)
Ver. 16. _When I had waited, for they spake not, but stood still_] Or,
Seeing I have waited, but they have not spoken...
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_They were amazed_ Job's three friends stood mute, like persons
amazed, not knowing what to reply to his arguments, and wondering at
his bold and confident assertions concerning his integrity, and his...
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When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still and answered
no more; the sentence has the force of a question, Should I still
wait, because they are unable to find the right arguments to refu...
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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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15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are
about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to
speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great
r...
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Which he repeats as a strange and unreasonable thing, that they should
be silent when they had such obligations to speak for the vindication
both of God's justice, and of their own truth and reputatio...
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Job 32:16 waited H3176 (H8689) speak H1696 (H8762) still H5975 (H8804)
answered H6030 (H8804)...
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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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Amos 5:13; James 1:19; Job 13:5; Proverbs 17:28...
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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