JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:1 Elihu thinks Job believes that his righteousness entitles him to God’s blessing, but Elihu believes that neither faithfulness nor wickedness influences God (vv. Job 35:1). Job had observed how the oppressed cry out and the wicked are not punished, but Elihu argues that the oppre... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:2 MY RIGHT BEFORE GOD. Job had claimed that God had wronged him (Job 19:6). In Elihu’s view, this meant Job was claiming that _he_ was right, rather than God (see Job 32:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:6 Elihu repeats an aspect of Eliphaz’s final argument against Job—that God does not profit from Job’s righteousness (see Job 22:2). Neither Eliphaz nor Elihu understand that the motivation for Job’s complaint is his desire to see God glorified on earth in and through the lives of... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:12 Elihu says that God does not hear the EMPTY CRY of the oppressed, because of the PRIDE OF EVIL MEN. The context indicates that he is most likely referring to the oppressed themselves as “evil men.” ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=imag... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:14 Elihu argues that, if God does not regard the cries of the proud oppressed (vv. Job 35:9), how can Job expect an answer (v. Job 35:14)? Elihu assumes that Job is an even more obstinate person, who takes his lack of punishment as reason to speak foolishly (vv. Job 35:15). This i... [ Continue Reading ]