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WILL HE ESTEEM THY RICHES? - That is God will not regard thy riches as
a reason why he should not cut you off, or as a ransom for your
forfeited life. The reference here must be to the fact that Job “...
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CHAPTER 36:1-21
_ 1. God's care over the godly (Job 36:1)_
2. The purposes of affliction (Job 36:8)
3. Job to consider this (Job 36:19)
Job 36
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The godless cherish angry thoughts about God's discipline they refuse
to cry for God's help (Job 36:13). They die young, perishing like the
sodomites (those religiously consecrated to unnatural vice;...
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No other ransom will avail, not riches nor all the power of wealth.
Only the purification of suffering will cleanse him from his evil (cf.
ch. Job 34:36), and deliver him. Elihu demands with emphasis...
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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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2. Job has had the wrong spirit toward his sufferings. (Job 36:17-21)
TEXT 36:17-21
17 BUT THOU ART FALL OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED:
Judgment and justice take hold _on thee._
18 For let not wra...
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_WILL HE ESTEEM THY RICHES? NO, NOT GOLD, NOR ALL THE FORCES OF
STRENGTH._
Forces of strength - i:e., resources of wealth (Psalms 49:6; Proverbs
11:4, "Riches profit not in the day of wrath")....
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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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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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Nothing but affliction can save him....
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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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Elihu had almost finished his advice for Job. But in these verses,
Elihu warned Job about three dangerous ideas:
• In verses 18-19, Elihu spoke about money. Many people fail to
obey God because of mo...
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NO, NOT GOLD, NOR ALL THE FORCES OF STRENGTH. — The words here are
doubtful. Some render, “Will He esteem thy riches, that thou be not
in distress?” or, “all the forces of thy strength;” others,
“Will...
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הֲ יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֖וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְ צָ֑ר
וְ֝
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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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_Without, or before thou be forced by tribulation. (Menochius) --- Lay
aside all sentiments of pride, (St. Gregory) or keep in awe the
mighty, who administer justice in thy name. (Menochius) ---
Prote...
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(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth
not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth not...
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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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WILL HE ESTEEM THY RICHES? [NO], NOT GOLD, NOR ALL THE FORCES OF
STRENGTH. Riches can be of no account, nor bear any weight with God;
for they are of him and come from him, and what he has a right to...
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Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
Ver. 19. _Will he esteem thy riches?_] Tremellius rendereth it, thy
nobility. Others read it thus, Will he regard thy crying...
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_Because there is wrath_ Conceived by God against thee; because, by
thy pleading the cause of the wicked, thou hast provoked God's wrath
against thee; _beware lest he take thee away by his stroke_
בשׂ...
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Will He esteem thy riches? No, not gold nor all the forces of
strength, literally, "Shall thy outcry for assistance place thee
outside of distress, likewise the exertions of thy strength?" All
Job's v...
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THE BENEVOLENT PURPOSES OF DIVINE JUSTICE...
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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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There is. warning here against trusting in wealth to buy off distress,
or by using human efforts, or by wanting to die as Job had declared in
chapter 3. None of that was the answer....
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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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If thou couldst recover thy lost wealth or strength, or thy friends
would employ theirs on thy behalf, neither could the one ransom thee,
nor the other rescue thee....
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Job 36:19 riches H7769 H1222 mighty H3581 forces H3981 distress H6186
(H8799)
Will - Proverbs 10
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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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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
⇐ ⇔...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:5 Elihu implies that Job’s situation is an
example of God using affliction to deliver the righteous from their
sin—if they are willing to accept his correction.
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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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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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Thy riches — If thou hadst as much of them as ever. Forces — The
strongest forces....