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 surprise, he is not mentioned with the other friends in the Prologue, and we have had no intimation that h... [ Continue Reading ]
ELIHU] Heb. 'He is my God.' BUZITE] In Genesis 22:21; Buz is closely connected with Uz (RV), which was Job's country. To the Assyrians Huz and Buz ('Haza' and 'Baza') were known as places not far from Edom. RAM] uncertain. It occurs again in Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Chronicles 2:10. HE JUSTIF... [ Continue Reading ]
The friends had not succeeded in refuting Job's arguments, and they only asserted that he was wicked without proving it.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SPIRIT] a divine impulse which moved him to speak.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.' The friends must not excuse themselves for their failure on the score that Job was too clever for man to debate with. Job had not yet contended with Elihu, and the latter intended to use different arguments. The author cri... [ Continue Reading ]
Elihu describes the discomfiture of the friends.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 9:17. 21, 22. Elihu will show no partiality to either side in the remarks he is about to make. 22B. R... [ Continue Reading ]