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Verse Job 34:17. _SHALL - HE THAT HATETH RIGHT GOVERN?_] Or, _Shall
he who_ _hateth judgment, lie under obligation_? It is preposterous to
suppose that he who lives by no rule, should impose rules up...
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SHALL EVEN HE THAT HATETH RIGHT GOVERN? - Margin, as in Hebrew
“bind.” That is, shall he bind by laws. The argument in this verse
seems to be an appeal to what must be the conviction of mankind, that...
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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)...
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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...
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_condemn him that is most just_ Or, CONDEMN THE JUST, THE MIGHTY ONE....
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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...
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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...
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SHALL EVEN HE THAT HATETH RIGHT— _Would he that hateth judgment
reign in his fury?_ The sense is, "Since he can so easily destroy all
the human race, would he, if he was not a lover of justice, restra...
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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...
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_SHALL EVEN HE THAT HATETH RIGHT GOVERN? AND WILT THOU CONDEMN HIM
THAT IS MOST JUST?_
'Can even He who (in thy view) hateth right (justice) govern?' The
government of the world would be impossible i...
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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...
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Render, 'Doth one hating right rule?' The thought is the same as
Abraham's, 'Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?' (Genesis
18:25): cp. also Romans 3:5. Of course this begs the very question...
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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...
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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 34
ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...
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SHALL EVEN HE.... — The argument is that one who holds such a
position of absolute rule cannot be other than most just. He who is
fit to rule must be just, and He who is the ultimate ruler must be fit...
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הַ אַ֬ף שֹׂונֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט
יַחֲבֹ֑ושׁ וְ אִם
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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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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...
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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...
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Shall even he that hateth right (m) govern? and wilt thou condemn him
that is most just?
(m) If God were not just, how could be govern the world?...
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Judgment. How can we hope for redress from God, while he condemns his
conduct? (Menochius) --- How can we bring Job to a sense of his duty,
since he entertains such perverse notions? Hebrew, "Shall he...
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(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...
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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...
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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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SHALL EVEN HE THAT HATETH RIGHT GOVERN?.... That hates moral and civil
justice; is such an one fit to rule among men or over them? No,
surely; for to love righteousness and do it is a qualification of...
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Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that
is most just?
Ver. 17. _Shall even he that hateth right govern?_] Heb. Bind; _sc._
malefactors, whom magistrates use to hamper?...
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_If thou hast understanding, hear this_ As thou art a man of
understanding, hear and consider what I say. _Shall even he that
hateth right_ That is unrighteous; _govern_ Hebrew, יחבושׁ,
_jachabosh, bi...
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Shall even he that hateth right govern? The love of righteousness and
justice is a condition of proper government. AND WILT THOU CONDEMN HIM
THAT IS MOST JUST, the mighty Just One, that is, God Himsel...
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PROOF OF THE DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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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...
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GOVERN? _HEB._BINDE...
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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...
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HE THAT HATETH RIGHT, i.e. that is unrighteous. But this he expresseth
in a most emphatical manner, the reason and weight whereof seems to me
to be this: If God be unjust, he is not so from fear of an...
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Job 34:17 hates H8130 (H8802) justice H4941 govern H2280 (H8799)
condemn H7561 (H8686) most H3524 just...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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'...
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2 Samuel 19:21; 2 Samuel 23:3; Genesis 18:25; Job 1:22; Job 40:8;...
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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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Shall he — That is unrighteous. Govern — Elihu's argument is the
same with that of Abraham, Genesis 18:25, and that of St. Paul, Romans
3:5. If God be unrighteous, how shall he judge or govern the wor...