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NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED - Margin, as in Hebrew, expected Job in words.
The meaning is plain, that he had waited until all who were older than
himself had spoken.
BECAUSE THEY WERE ELDER THAN HE - Margin,...
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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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Prose introduction, explaining the intervention of Elihu. Observe that
whereas Job and his friends are introduced without genealogy it is not
so with Elihu. His name means He is my God, that of Barach...
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_waited till Job had spoken_ Rather, WAITED TO SPEAK UNTO JOB, lit.
_waited for Job with words_. Elihu had waited (till the friends spoke)
prepared to address Job, as he now does....
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TEXT 32:1-6a
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in
his own eyes. (2) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of
Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Jo...
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_SO THESE THREE MEN CEASED TO ANSWER JOB, BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHTEOUS IN
HIS OWN EYES._
Prose (poetry begins with "I am young," Job 32:6).
Verse 1. BECAUSE ... - and because they could not proves to hi...
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32:4 speaking, (c-9) Lit. 'awaited Job during [his] words.'...
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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.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 32
ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
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Elihu was polite. He respected the older men. He did not interrupt
them.
ELIHU THOUGHT THAT THE OTHER MEN SHOULD BE WISE
V6 So, Elihu (son of Barakel, who belonged to the people called
Buzites) spok...
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NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN. — Literally, _Had waited
in words for or regarding Job;_ that is, as some understand it, had
waited to speak unto Job, or, more probably, had waited till the...
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וֶֽ אֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת ־אִ֭יֹּוב
בִּ דְבָר
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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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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because (d) they [were]
elder than he.
(d) That is, the three mentioned before....
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(4) Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
than he. (5) When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of
these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
Elihu modestly c...
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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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NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN,.... Made an end of speaking,
until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended", Job
31:40: and waited likewise until his three friends had sai...
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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder
than he.
Ver. 4. _Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken_] Yea, though his
speech was very long, yet he heard him out, though him...
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_Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu_ Elihu, a new personage, here
makes his appearance. Attentive, all the while, to the debate between
Job and his friends, he utters not a word till both sides have...
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Now, Elihu, who may have been present from the beginning of the debate
or had heard at least a large part of it, HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD
SPOKEN, until he had finished his entire argument, all that he...
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THE PAUSE AFTER JOB'S SPEECH...
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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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WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN:
_ Heb._ expected Job in words
ELDER THAN HE:
_ Heb._ elder for days...
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Elihu had been patient. He had waited to speak because he was younger
than Job's three friends. Deferring to age was. custom in the East
(Job 29:8). __...
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1-5 Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been
present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to
clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Eli...
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Job 32:4 older H2205 H3117 Elihu H453 waited H2442 (H8765) speak H1697
Job H347
waited till Job had spoken - Heb. expected Job in words,...
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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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_Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu._
ANALYSIS OF ELIHU’S SPEECH
After the introduction Elihu reproves Job, because he had claimed too
much for himself, and had indulged in a spirit of complaining a...
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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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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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Job 32:11; Job 32:12; Proverbs 18:13...
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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
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'Till Job — And his three friends....