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Verse Job 35:8. _THY WICKEDNESS_ MAY HURT] It is better to translate
this literally:
To a man like thyself is thy wickedness:
And to the son of man, thy righteousness:
That is: -...
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THY WICKEDNESS MAY HURT A MAN AS THOU ART - That is, it may injure
him, but not God. He is too far exalted above man, and too independent
of man in his sources of happiness, to be affected by what he...
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CHAPTER 35
_ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_
2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9)
Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this
is sound judgment...
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Elihu inquires whether it is Job's righteousness which finds
expression in his question as to the profitableness of religion. Let
him look to the heavens and see how far God is above him. Man's sin or...
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The reply of Elihu to Job's complaint. A glance at heaven, the
infinitely exalted abode of God, must tell us that our conduct whether
good or bad cannot affect Him. Our righteousness confers no profit...
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The verse reads literally: _thy wickedness is to_(touches, affects) _a
man as thou art, and thy righteousness is to one of mankind_, i. e.
thyself who art a man; for it cannot touch God who is exalted...
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2. Man's actions, good or bad, do not help nor hurt God; they do
affect men. (Job 35:4-8)
TEXT 35:4-8
4 I WILL ANSWER THEE,
And thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see;
And beh...
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_LOOK UNTO THE HEAVENS, AND SEE; AND BEHOLD THE CLOUDS WHICH ARE
HIGHER THAN THOU._
Elihu, like Eliphaz (Job 22:2; Job 22:12), shows that God is too
exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or h...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no
advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion....
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It seems as if Job had forgotten the reason for his good deeds (Job
29:12-17). Job did these things because he was a servant of God (Job
1:8). A servant carries out his master’s work. And Job was doin...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 35
ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCU...
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XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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SONGS IN THE NIGHT
Job 35:1
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether
independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but
themselves. There is no motive, therefo...
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Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job
questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness
as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...
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(1) В¶ Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be
right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? (3) For
thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What pr...
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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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THY WICKEDNESS [MAY HURT] A MAN AS THOU [ART],.... But not God: a man
may hurt himself by his wickedness; his body, by bringing various
diseases upon it, through debauchery and intemperance; his famil...
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Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness
[may profit] the son of man.
Ver. 8. _Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art_] Wicked men are
many ways mischievous to others;...
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_I will answer thee, and thy companions_ That is, those who are of thy
opinion. _Look unto the heavens_, &c. Cast up thine eyes to the
heavens; look upon the clouds and the sky; and consider that, hig...
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JOB'S STANDPOINT OF THE FUTILITY OF PIETY FALSE...
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, producing its harmful
effects; AND THY RIGHTEOUSNESS MAY PROFIT THE SON OF MAN, it might
avail him for his own person, but serve no further ends. The entire...
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Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter
provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly
connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deal...
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1-8 Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and
called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is
far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of...
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If God were such a one as thou art, he might have benefit or hurt by
thine actions; but being an infinite, independent, and self-sufficient
Being, he is far exalted above all thy good or evil....
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Job 35:8 wickedness H7562 man H376 righteousness H6666 son H1121 man
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may hurt - Joshua 7:1-5,...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Job's rash talk reproved.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction, or to
try to acquit ourselves, if we have...
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Job 35:2. _My righteousness is more than God's._ The LXX react as the
Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too
strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:9, “...
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_If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him?_
DOES MAN INFLUENCE, GOD
Elihu, in these words, brings out his views of God in the form of
questions, which views are of an Epicurean character. He look...
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_For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?_
MAN’S CHARACTER
Nothing is so important to man as his character.
I. That selfishness is an evil in man’s character.” For thou
saidst, What adv...
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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...
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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 mot...
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_ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH_
After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his
reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job
35:1.—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c.
I. REPROVES...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 35:1
In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first
(verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has
brought him no correspondent blessings...
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Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that
you said, My righteousness is more than God's? (Job 35:1-2)
Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and
s...
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Acts 27:24; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Ezekiel 22:30; Genesis 12:2; Ge
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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