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Verse Job 32:9. _GREAT MEN ARE NOT_ ALWAYS _WISE_] This is a true
saying, which the experience of every age and every country
increasingly verifies. And it is most certain that, in the case before
us,...
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GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE - Though wisdom may in general be looked
for in them, yet it is not universally true. Great men here denote
those who are distinguished for rank, age, authority.
NEITHER...
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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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Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not
a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have
failed, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God.
J...
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Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which
aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom did not always
accompany grey hairs; it is a gift of God, and, conscious of
poss...
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_Great men_ Or, OLD men great in age, as the parallel in the second
clause explains; cf. Genesis 25:23 (lit. the greater shall serve the
less)....
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GREAT MEN— רבים _rabbim, teachers._ Heath and Houb....
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_GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE: NEITHER DO THE AGED UNDERSTAND
JUDGMENT._
Great - rather, old (Job 32:6). so the Hebrew in Genesis 25:13,
"Greater, less," for the older, the younger.
JUDGMENT - wha...
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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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Older people are usually wiser than young people. Older people have
learned many valuable lessons in their long lives.
But there is a difference between human wisdom and God’s wisdom (1
Corinthians 1...
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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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GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE. — That is, _old men._ He had just
before said that he was “little in days” (Job 32:6); or it may be
used in the sense of number, many, or multitudes. (Comp. what Job
him...
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לֹֽא ־רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝
זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ...
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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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_Aged: Greek: poluchronioi. Septuagint Rabbim, "the Rabbins,"
(Haydock) the "great ones," placed in authority. These are not always
the wisest, as understanding is the gift of God, and not attached to...
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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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GREAT MEN ARE NOT [ALWAYS] WISE,.... Men of grandeur and dignity, as
Job's friends might be, the rich, the honourable, and noble; the
apostle is thought to refer to this, at least to express the senti...
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Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Ver. 9. _Great men are not always wise_] Rabbis are not the grandees
of the earth; they who seem to be somewhat, Galatians 2:...
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_Great men are not always wise_ That is, men of eminence for age, or
learning, or dignity and power, such as Job's three friends seem to
have been; _neither do the aged_ (always) _understand judgment_...
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Great men are not always wise, that is, the great in years, the aged,
have no monopoly of wisdom; NEITHER DO THE AGED UNDERSTAND JUDGMENT,
being the only ones who know what is right and good....
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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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6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest
experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he plea...
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GREAT MEN, i.e. men of eminency for age or learning, or dignity and
power, such as Job's three friends seem to have been. JUDGMENT; what
is just and right; or the judgment of God, and the methods and...
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Job 32:9 men H7227 wise H2449 (H8799) aged H2205 understand H995
(H8799) justice H4941
Great -...
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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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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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Judgment — What is just and right....