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Verse Job 35:4. _I WILL ANSWER THEE_] I will show thee the evil of a
sinful way, and the benefit of righteousness; and supply what thy
friends have omitted in their discourses with thee....
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I WILL ANSWER THEE - Margin, “return to thee words.” Elihu meant
to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of
Job, and to show where Job was in error.
AND THY COMPANIONS WITH THE...
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CHAPTER 35
_ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_
2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9)
Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this
is sound judgment...
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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 heavens and see how far God is above him. Man's sin or...
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The "companions" of Job referred to in this verse can hardly be the
three friends, for Eliphaz (ch. Job 22:2) had advanced substantially
the same answer to Job as is here given, which even Job himself...
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Statement of Job's charge against God that under His rule of the world
to be righteous is no advantage to a man. The verses read,
2. Thinkest thou this to be thy right,
And callest thou it, My just...
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2. Man's actions, good or bad, do not help nor hurt God; they do
affect men. (Job 35:4-8)
TEXT 35:4-8
4 I WILL ANSWER THEE,
And thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see;
And beh...
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_I WILL ANSWER THEE, AND THY COMPANIONS WITH THEE._
Companions - those entertaining like sentiments with thee (Job 34:8;
Job 34:36)....
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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 with this assertion....
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THY COMPANIONS] those who held the same views.
5-8. Elihu points to the infinite distance between God and man, and
shows that He cannot be injured by the evil or benefited by the good
which we do. Bu...
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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 35
ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCU...
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Christians do not do good deeds in order to impress God. And we do not
pretend that our actions will change God’s attitudes. Whatever we
do, God remains the same (Hebrews 13:6). God is always good. Go...
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AND THY COMPANIONS. — Elihu professes to answer Job’s friends as
well as himself, but what he says (Job 35:5, &c.) is very much what
Eliphaz had said before (Job 15:14, &c., Job 22:3, &c., and Bildad...
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אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽ אֶת
־רֵעֶ֥יךָ...
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XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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SONGS IN THE NIGHT
Job 35:1
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether
independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but
themselves. There is no motive, therefo...
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Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job
questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness
as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...
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I will answer thee, and thy (b) companions with thee.
(b) Such as are in the same error....
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(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, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What pr...
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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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I WILL ANSWER THEE, AND THY COMPANIONS WITH THEE. Meaning not his
three friends, as the Septuagint version expresses it; for they were
not on the side of Job, and of the same sentiment with him, but r...
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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Ver. 4. _I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee_] Thy three
friends (who have not so well quit themselves in this controversy, as
having an...
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_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; look upon the clouds and the sky; and consider that, hig...
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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee, all those to whose
level of wickedness Job had lowered himself....
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JOB'S STANDPOINT OF THE FUTILITY OF PIETY FALSE...
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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 chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deal...
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I will answer thee:
_ Heb._ I will return to thee words...
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Notice that Elihu seems to distance himself from Job and Job's three
friends. He will answer all of them, for none of them has provided the
right answer to this question....
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1-8 Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and
called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is
far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of...
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THY COMPANIONS, i.e. those who are of thy opinion, or with whom thou
dost associate thyself in those speeches and carriages; which seems to
be meant not of Job's three friends, (as many understand it,...
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Job 35:4 answer H7725 (H8686) H4405 companions H7453
thy - Job 34:8; Proverbs 13:20...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Job's rash talk reproved.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction, or to
try to acquit ourselves, if we have...
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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 inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:9, “...
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_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 is an evil in man’s character.” For thou
saidst, What adv...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:1 Elihu thinks Job believes that his
righteousness entitles him to God’s blessing, but Elihu believes
that neither faithfulness nor wickedness influences God (vv. Job
35:1). Job had...
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_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 cavils. Job
35:1.—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c.
I. REPROVES...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 35:1
In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first
(verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has
brought him no correspondent blessings...
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Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that
you said, My righteousness is more than God's? (Job 35:1-2)
Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and
s...
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Job 34:8; Proverbs 13:20...
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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