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Verse Job 32:19. _MY BELLY IS AS WINE_ WHICH _HATH NO VENT_] New wine
in a state of effervescence.
_LIKE NEW BOTTLES._] _Bottles_, or rather _bags_, made of
_goat-skins_. The head and shanks being c...
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BEHOLD, MY BELLY IS AS WINE WHICH HATH NO VENT - Margin, as in Hebrew,
“is not opened” - לאיפתח _lo'_ _yipâthach_. The repherence
is to a bottle, in which there is no opening, or no vent phor the
phe...
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CHAPTER S 32--33:7
_ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_
2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6)
3. His address to Job (Job 33:1)
Job 32:1. As
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If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's
silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God
will prevent his showing partiality....
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Elihu feels a crowd of thoughts and arguments fermenting in his bosom
and pressing for utterance with a force not to be resisted. The word
"belly" corresponds to the English "breast" or bosom. What st...
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Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and
present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are
discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...
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IT IS READY TO BURST LIKE NEW BOTTLES— _Bottles of new wine._ The
epithet _new_ belongs more properly to the _wine,_ as it is in the
LXX; in our Saviour's parabolical expression of, _putting new wine...
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TEXT 32:11-22
11 BEHOLD, I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS,
I listened for your reasonings,
Whilst ye searched out what to say.
12 Yea, I attended onto you,
And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,
O...
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_BEHOLD, MY BELLY IS AS WINE WHICH HATH NO VENT; IT IS READY TO BURST
LIKE NEW BOTTLES._
Belly - bosom, from which the words of orientalists, in speaking,
seem to come more than with us: they speak g...
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BELLY] We use 'heart' in the same way, of the emotions. NEW BOTTLES]
i.e. new wine-skins. If wine was put into new skins before it had
finished fermenting it might cause them to burst: cp. Matthew 9:1...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU
It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a
later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His
presence comes upon the reader with surpri...
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In the Bible, many holy men are called prophets. These men did not
merely speak their own ideas. Rather, they spoke by the Holy Spirit (2
Peter 1:20-21). They described their experience in different w...
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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 32
ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
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NEW BOTTLES. — Or _wine-skins._ (Comp. Matthew 9:17.)...
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הִנֵּֽה ־בִטְנִ֗י כְּ יַ֥יִן לֹא
־יִפָּתֵ֑חַ...
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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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ELIHU ENTERS
Job 32:1
The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They
have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up
the argument there is another side of...
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The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new
voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in
the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...
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_Vessels, made of skins. Hebrew oboth. (Haydock)_...
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(6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I
am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not
shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mult...
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Elihu's Speeches
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had
just replied to Zophar's speech.
1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...
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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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BEHOLD, MY BELLY [IS] AS WINE, [WHICH] HATH NO VENT,.... Or, "is not
opened" a, like a bottle of wine, as Ben Gersom, which is stopped
close, and the wine in it new; which is most apt to ferment, and...
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Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to
burst like new bottles.
Ver. 19. _Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent_] By this
elegant similitude Elihu illustrateth wha...
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_Behold, my belly_ That is, my mind or heart; _is as wine which hath
no vent_ Is as a bottle filled with wine. Or, my thoughts and
affections work within me, like fermenting wine in a bottle, and must...
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Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent, the extracted juice of
grapes in the process of fermentation, which threatens to burst its
vessel; IT IS READY TO BURST LIKE NEW BOTTLES, skins but rece...
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ELIHU GIVES THE REASON FOR HIS SPEAKING...
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Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration
of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has
been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...
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HATH NO VENT:
_ Heb._ is not opened...
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"His pent-up constraint was compared to fermenting wine about to cause
even new wineskins (without. hole for venting) to burst. He then
requested relief from his bottled condition" _(p. 144)._...
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15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are
about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to
speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great
r...
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MY BELLY, i.e. my mind or heart, which is oft called a man's belly, as
JOB 15:35 PSALMS 40:8 HABAKKUK 3:16 1 THESSALONIANS 7:38....
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Job 32:19 belly H990 wine H3196 vent H6605 (H8735) burst H1234 (H8735)
new H2319 wineskins H178
hath no vent
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends.
CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved
when injury is plainly do...
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Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they
write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of
Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...
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JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is
introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his
speeches (Job 32:6). Th
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the
introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his
remarks primarily at the three friends....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:18 As in v. Job 32:8, Elihu claims he is not
speaking by choice but by necessity. Elihu may be thinking he is like
a prophet, but the reader must judge whether he is right....
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NOTES
Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or,
according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions
concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character.
He has been consid...
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EXPOSITION
A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new
style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made
of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...
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So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu.
So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job,
because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath
of E...
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Matthew 9:17...
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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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Bottles — Bottles of new wine....