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Verse Job 36:22. _GOD EXALTETH BY HIS POWER_] He has brought thee low,
but he can raise thee up. Thou art not yet out of the reach of his
mercy. Thy affliction is a proof that he acts towards thee as...
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BEHOLD, GOD EXALTETH BY HIS POWER - The object of Elihu is now to
direct the attention of Job to God, and to show him that he has
evinced such power and wisdom in his works, that we ought not to
presu...
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CHAPTER S 36:22--37:24
_ 1. God's power and presence in nature (Job 36:22)_
2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1)
3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6)
4. Elihu's concluding remarks ...
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God is great who can teach like Him? Can man command or criticise Him?
Man's part is to magnify his work in psalms, though only beholding it
from afar, and unable to comprehend it....
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Application to Job of the principles in regard to affliction just
enunciated by Elihu.
Job 36:16 are difficult and have been understood in a great variety of
ways. The general sense expressed by the...
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Elihu's doctrine is in a word: God is great and despiseth not, He is
great in strength of heart. His greatness is that of understanding,
which enables Him to estimate all rightly, to see through all r...
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_exalteth by his power_ Rather, GOD DOETH LOFTILY IN HIS POWER.
_who teacheth_ Or, WHO IS A TEACHER....
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Instead of murmuring Job should bow under the mighty hand of God, who
through the operations of His providence is a great teacher of men
(Job 36:22); who is supreme (Job 36:23); and whose work all men...
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3. God knows what he is doing and his work should be magnified. (Job
36:22-33)
TEXT 36:22-33
22 BEHOLD, GOD DOETH LOFTILY IN HIS POWER:
Who is a teacher like onto him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his...
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_BEHOLD, GOD EXALTETH BY HIS POWER: WHO TEACHETH LIKE HIM?_
God is not to be impiously arraigned, but to be praised for His might,
shown in His works.
EXALTETH - rather х_ YASGIYB_ (H7682)], doeth...
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EXALTETH BY] RV 'doeth loftily in.' WHO TEACHETH LIKE HIM] This is
Elihu's great point, that afflictions are intended to teach, to
discipline, and to purify even the good....
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of
God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their
afflictions....
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THE WORK BEGUN. THE LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE
Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 2:68; Nehemiah 7:70.
8-38. The construction of the Tabernacle: see...
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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 36
ELIHU TEACHES ABOUT GOD...
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Many people advise their friends about God. And perhaps such people
speak well. But their words are only ideas. They never guide their
friends to have a real experience of God.
Elihu did not want to...
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BEHOLD, GOD EXALTETH BY HIS POWER. — The rest of Elihu’s speech is
splendidly eloquent. He dilates on the power and majesty of God, and
appears to be speaking in contemplation of some magnificent natu...
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הֶן ־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּ כֹחֹ֑ו מִ֖י
כָמֹ֣הו
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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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HE DESPISETH NOT ANY
Job 36:1
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least
of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee
before His throne forever. He will...
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After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations,
there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last
address.
He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was abou...
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_Lawgivers. Hebrew more, "a master." In Chaldean, "a sovereign."
(Grotius) Septuagint, "what potentate is against him?" (Haydock) ---
What art thou, to dare thus to resist him? (Calmet) --- St. Gregor...
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(22) Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (23)
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity? (24) В¶ Remember that thou magnify his work, which men
be...
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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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BEHOLD, GOD EXALTETH BY HIS POWER,.... He exalts himself, or causes
himself to be exalted, and even above all the blessing and praise of
his creatures; by his power, in the works of creation and provi...
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_Behold, God exalteth by his power_, &c. God is omnipotent; and
therefore can either punish thee far worse, or deliver thee, if thou
dost repent. He is also infinitely wise; and as none can work like...
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THE DIVINE JUSTICE AS SUPREME POWER AND WISDOM...
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Behold, God exalteth by His power, He works loftily in His might, in
all the acts of His creative power; WHO TEACHETH LIKE HIM, since He is
the great Master of the universe?...
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SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF
(vv.1-4)
Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more
to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He
fetched it "from afar" (v....
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God is exalted and acts majestically, He is also an unsurpassed
Teacher, and "is an independent Sovereign, answerable to no one, and
always does right, and therefore cannot be rightfully challenged by...
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15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble.
He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to
be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest...
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GOD EXALTETH; or, _is high_, or exalted; the active verb being taken
intransitively; which is not unusual in the Hebrew tongue. This is a
proper argument to force the foregoing counsels. God is omnipo...
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Job 36:22 God H410 exalted H7682 (H8686) power H3581 teaches H3384
(H8688)
God -...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's justice defended.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: God does all things well. Though it may seem sometimes
that we are neglected and forgotten and...
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Job 36:3. _I will fetch my knowledge from afar;_ from the expanse of
heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural
theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the
perfect...
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_Who teacheth like Him?_
--Like whom? you ask. Like Him who is the great Teacher and
Enlightener of the Church--even God, the Holy Spirit. This question is
a sort of challenge to us to point out any...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
⇐ ⇔...
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_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH_
No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job
36:1.—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to
a more becoming state of mind in reference t...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 36:1
The two chapters, Job 36:1; Job 37:1, form a single discourse, and
ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully
as they are, in the middle of a descriptio...
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Elihu continued (Job 36:1),
He's really taking him on.
Just allow me a little more, and I'm going to show you what I have to
speak on God's behalf. I'm going to fetch my knowledge from far off,
I'm g...
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1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5:18;...
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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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Behold — God is omnipotent; and therefore can, either punish thee
far worse, or deliver thee, if thou dost repent. He is also infinitely
wise; and as none can work like him, so none can teach like him...