Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 34:18
Wicked — Though a king may be wicked, yet his subjects neither may nor dare call him so.
Wicked — Though a king may be wicked, yet his subjects neither may nor dare call him so.
Verse Job 34:18. IS IT FIT _TO SAY TO A KING_, THOU ART _WICKED?_] The sentence is very short, and is thus translated by the VULGATE: _Qui_ _dicit regi, Apostata? Qui vocat duces impios?_ "Who says t...
IS IT FIT TO SAY TO A KING, THOU ART WICKED? - The argument here is this: “There would be gross impropriety in arraigning the conduct of an earthly monarch, and using language severely condemning what...
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)...
Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him. In Job...
WICKED. Belial. PRINCES. nobles. UNGODLY. Hebrew. _rasha'_. App-44. Compare Job 34:8....
This charge of injustice Elihu rebuts, _first_, on the general ground of its impiety: God cannot be thought of as acting in the way Job asserted He rewardeth every man according to his works (Job 34:1...
The second thought: without justice rule is impossible; and therefore injustice in the supreme Ruler is inconceivable. The thought is one that finds repeated expression in Scripture, as in the words o...
The verse reads, Is it fit to say to a king, Thou wicked! Or to princes, Ye ungodly! The word "wicked" means _worthless_, Heb. _belial_. No doubt many kings, whether in the past or the present, mig...
3. God is supreme, sees every hidden thing, and is an impartial judge. (Job 34:16-30) TEXT 34:16-30 16 If now _thou hast_ understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even...
_IS IT FIT TO SAY TO A KING, THOU ART WICKED? AND TO PRINCES, YE ARE UNGODLY?_ Literally, (Is it fit) to be said to a king? It would be a gross outrage to reproach thus an earthly monarch, much more t...
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...
The Bible teaches that God is the ruler of the world. • Pilate thought that he had power over Jesus. But Jesus replied that Pilate’s power came from God – John 19:10-11. • When King Nebuchadnezzar d...
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...
IS IT FIT TO SAY TO A KING? — The argument is from the less to the greater. “Who could challenge a king or princes? and if not a king, how much less the King of kings?” There is a strong ellipse in th...
הַ אֲמֹ֣ר לְ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּלִיָּ֑עַל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע אֶ
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...
[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] (n) wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly? (n) If man by nature fears to speak evil of such as have power, then they should be much more afraid to speak...
_Who. Theod.[Theodotion?] in Septuagint, "wicked is he who says to the king, thou actest contrary to the law; and to the rulers, thou most impious." (Haydock) --- Apostate. Hebrew, "Belial."_...
(13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall peri...
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...
[IS IT FIT] TO SAY TO A KING, [THOU ART] WICKED?.... Not even to a bad king; for though he may be reproved for his sins, yet not by any or everyone, but by a fit and proper person: and generally speak...
Job 34:18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly? Ver. 18. _Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked?_] Heb. Belial; that is, Thou yokeless, lawless, m...
_Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked?_ Hebrew, _Belial_, or a son of Belial. Though a king may be wicked, yet his subjects neither may nor dare call him so, Exodus 22:28. And therefore if any...
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? calling him worthless and a scoundrel, AND TO PRINCES, YE ARE UNGODLY? Even to human rulers and governors one would not dare to speak thus, how much less t...
PROOF OF THE DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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...
Another very visible proof of God's justice and fairness is the way that He impartially judges men on the basis of their deeds and not on the basis of their position, social status, or wealth. God tre...
16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumpti...
THOU ART WICKED; or, Thou art Belial, or a son of Belial. Though a king may really be unjust and wicked, yet their subjects neither may nor dare presume to call them so, EXODUS 22:28. And therefore if...
Job 34:18 say H559 (H8800) king H4428 worthless H1100 nobles H5081 wicked H7563 Exodus 22:28;...
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...
_If now thou hast understanding, hear this._ ELIHU’S REMONSTRANCE I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the ab...
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'...
1 Peter 2:17; 2 Peter 2:10; Acts 23:3; Acts 23:5; Exodus 22:28;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3