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Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous, I am right, innocent; and God hath taken away my judgment, depriving him of his right; for so Job had insisted, 27:2.
For Job hath said, I am righteous, I am right, innocent; and God hath taken away my judgment, depriving him of his right; for so Job had insisted, 27:2.
Verse Job 34:5. _JOB HATH SAID, I AM RIGHTEOUS_] Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2, c., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he...
FOR JOB HATH SAID, I AM RIGHTEOUS - see Job 13:18, “I know that I shall be justified;” compare Job 23:10, where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also referred to th...
CHAPTER 34 _ 1. Hear my words ye wise men (Job 34:1)_ 2. The refutation of Job's accusation of God (Job 34:5) 3. Job needs testing to the end (Job 34:31)...
Elihu summons the wise men who hear him to seek a right decision. Job has accused God of injustice, when he is innocent. But in reality Job is the worst of scorners, for he denies the profit of religi...
I AM RIGHTEOUS. Compare Job 9:21; Job 10:15; Job 27:6; Job 13:15; Job 13:18;...
Elihu recites Job's statement of his cause against God, expressing his abhorrence of Job's sentiments....
_I am righteous_ Or, _in the right_, I have right on my side. _my judgment_ As before means _my right_, what is rightly due to me God has dealt with me unjustly; comp. Job 9:15; Job 9:20; Job 13:18;...
GOD HATH TAKEN AWAY MY JUDGMENT— This refers to the words of Job, chap. Job 27:2 and the force of the exception lies in a misinterpretation. Job had said, _God hath respited my judgment:_ this Elihu t...
C. THE SOURCE OF JUSTICE (Job 34:1-37) 1. Job is walking with wicked men when he attributes injustice to God. (Job 34:1-9) TEXT 34:1-9 1 MOREOVER ELIHU ANSWERED AND SAID, 2 Hear my words, ye wis...
_FOR JOB HATH SAID, I AM RIGHTEOUS: AND GOD HATH TAKEN AWAY MY JUDGMENT._ _ FOR JOB HATH SAID, I AM RIGHTEOUS: AND GOD HATH TAKEN AWAY MY JUDGMENT._ Judgment my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; Job...
34:5 judgment. (a-14) Or 'right,' as vers. 4,6....
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to be...
MY JUDGMENT] i.e. my right....
Job said such things in his speeches. Job always argued that he was innocent. And that God was not fair to him. Elihu did not agree with these ideas....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 34 ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...
FOR JOB HATH SAID. — See Job 13:18; Job 27:2, especially....
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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...
THE ALMIGHTY MUST BE JUST Job 34:1 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate co...
Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job had...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken (c) away my judgment. (c) That is, has afflicted me without measure....
_Judgment. Chap. xxvii. 2. Job had used this expression, but only to intimate that strict justice did not take place, as he thought his faults had not deserved so severe a chastisement. He did not pre...
(1) В¶ Furthermore Elihu answered and said, (2) Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. (3) For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. (4) Let us choose t...
3. NOW ON TO CHAPTER 34 H. Job 34:1-9 (NKJV) Elihu further answered and said: 2 "Hear my words, you wise [men]; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. 3 For the ear tests words As the palate taste...
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...
FOR JOB HATH SAID, I AM RIGHTEOUS,.... Not in express words, but what amounted to it: no doubt he was a righteous man in an evangelic sense, being justified by the righteousness of Christ, as all the...
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Ver. 5. _For Job hath said, I am righteous_] So he was with a twofold righteousness: imputed, or the righteousness of justifica...
_Job hath said, I am righteous_ I am so far righteous that I have not deserved, nor had any reason to expect, such hard usage from God. _God hath taken away my judgment_ So Job had said, Job 27:2; tha...
HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of1 Corinthians 10:15, "I speak as to...
"FOR JOB HAS SAID": Here is. direct quotation. Compare with Job 13:18; Job 27:6). "GOD HAS TAKEN AWAY MY RIGHT": (Job 27:2)....
1-9 Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the Scr...
I AM RIGHTEOUS; either, 1. I am perfectly righteous. But this Job did not say, but the contrary, JOB 9:2,3 JOB 14:4. Or, 2. I am a sincere person, no hypocrite, as my friends made me. But this Elihu...
Job 34:5 Job H347 said H559 (H8804) righteous H6663 (H8804) God H410 away H5493 (H8689) justice...
Job 34:1. _Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat._ I wish that verse was...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. He magnifies God's holiness. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: It is absurd and unreasonable to multiply words in complaint against God's ways....
Job 34:5. _Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment._ See on Job 27:2. Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of him, th...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:1 Elihu calls on “wise men” to hear Job’s contention that he is in the right (vv. Job 34:2) and “men of understanding” to hear Elihu’s argument against this claim (vv....
_ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH_ Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1.—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence probabl...
EXPOSITION JOB 34:1 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special friends, or ot...
Furthermore Elihu went on then [Job didn't answer], he said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; give ear unto me, that have knowledge. For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat (Job 34:1-3). That'...
Job 10:7; Job 11:4; Job 16:17; Job 27:2; Job 29:14;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
Said — I am so far righteous, that I have not deserved, such hard usage from God. Had taken — So Job had said, Job 27:2, he denies me that which is just and equal, to give me a fair hearing....