Job 36:1-24
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:2 Elihu presents his final speech as something offered ON GOD’S BEHALF. He emphasizes that, unlike Job (see Job 34:35), he has understanding that comes from outside himself (Job 36:3), and that he is PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE, something he will later ascribe also to God (see Job 37:16)... [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:6 The heart of Elihu’s argument is that the afflicted are treated justly by God; they reveal the state of their heart by how they respond to affliction. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:8 Elihu describes AFFLICTION as a kind of captivity. He argues that God uses affliction to speak to people about their sin (v. Job 36:9). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:10 When Elihu says that God OPENS the EARS (also v. Job 36:15), he is continuing his point from an earlier speech (see Job 33:14, Job 33:16). He suggests ways in which God has been speaking and Job may be failing to listen. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:13 Elihu describes those who hold onto their ANGER rather than crying out when God BINDS them through affliction (see v. Job 36:8). He warns that Job’s continued complaining could result in his being like the GODLESS IN HEART. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:16 Elihu suggests that Job should see his own suffering as God seizing him in JUDGMENT and JUSTICE. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:18 Elihu suggests that Job should consider the loss of his family, his reputation, and all his household as the RANSOM (compare Job 33:24) by which the Lord is trying to turn him from sin. He should not let the awful GREATNESS of the ransom TURN him ASIDE from the path of repentan... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:22 Elihu describes God’s power and majesty as manifested in storms, through which he accomplishes whatever purpose he has in mind. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:30 LIGHTNING represents God’s glory (compare Psalms 104:2). His glory COVERS (lights up) even the depths of the SEA. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:31 HE JUDGES PEOPLES. Judging and nourishing are often parallel aspects of God’s provision. The clouds bear God’s throne, from which he governs and feeds his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:32 HANDS may be a way of describing the great arches of heaven, filled with God’s light. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]