JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:1 Elihu opens and closes this section with a call for Job to listen to his words and answer if he is able (vv. Job 33:1, Job 33:31). He then presents a summary of Job’s contentions regarding himself, his circumstances, and God’s seeming silence (vv. Job 33:8) and then suggests way... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:2 Elihu appears to be remembering Job’s earlier statement where he declared that, as long as he had breath, he could not agree that his friends were right (see Job 27:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:9 Elihu summarizes Job’s statements as if Job had argued that he was PURE and WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION. However, it is clear from Job’s regular practice of making burnt offerings that this was not his claim (see Job 1:5). By mischaracterizing Job’s plea, Elihu ends up offering a simi... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:11 PUTS MY FEET IN THE STOCKS. Elihu quotes Job (compare Job 13:27). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:14 FOR GOD SPEAKS... THOUGH MAN DOES NOT PERCEIVE IT. Elihu is suggesting that Job has not recognized, and maybe even has ignored, the ways in which God has spoken to him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:18 Elihu repeatedly states that the purpose of God’s speaking to a person is to keep HIS SOUL FROM THE PIT (also vv. Job 33:22, Job 33:24, Job 33:28, Job 33:30). Thus he implies that Job’s suffering may serve to correct his overall path rather than simply to punish some hidden sin... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:19 PAIN ON HIS BED... STRIFE IN HIS BONES. Elihu uses vivid images, to make Job see his physical state as God’s warning to him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:23 Elihu poses a hypothetical situation in which an ANGEL or MEDIATOR might deliver a person (vv. Job 33:23). He suggests that the appropriate response would be repentance and rejoicing (vv. Job 33:26). He implies that the loss of all of Job’s possessions and family might be a RAN... [ Continue Reading ]