Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 34:37
He clappeth his hands among us. — As though he were confident of victory in argument.
He clappeth his hands among us. — As though he were confident of victory in argument.
Verse Job 34:37. _HE ADDETH REBELLION UNTO HIS SIN_] An ill-natured, cruel, and unfounded assertion, borne out by nothing which Job had ever said or intended; and indeed, more severe than the most inv...
FOR HE ADDETH REBELLION UNTO HIS SIN - To the sin which he has formerly committed and which bas brought these trials upon him, he now adds the sin of complaining and rebellion against God. Of Job, thi...
CHAPTER 34 _ 1. Hear my words ye wise men (Job 34:1)_ 2. The refutation of Job's accusation of God (Job 34:5) 3. Job needs testing to the end (Job 34:31)...
If God does not intervene, who can condemn Him, even if He set up the wicked to rule? If only man penitently confesses his sin, is Job to presume to fix his punishment? Wise men will say that Job has...
REBELLION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44....
The verdict regarding Job's demeanour which all men of understanding and those who listen to Elihu will give, 34. Men of understanding will say unto me, And the wise man who heareth me: 35. Job spe...
Job's _sin_is that of his former life, for which he has been cast into afflictions; his _rebellion_is his unsubmissive, defiant demeanour against God in his speeches. This "rebellion" is further descr...
4. Job is rebellious in multiplying wicked words against God. (Job 34:31-37) TEXT 34:31-37 31 FOR HATH ANY SAID UNTO GOD, I have borne _chastisement__,_ I WILL NOT OFFEND _ANY MORE:_ 32 That which...
_FOR HE ADDETH REBELLION UNTO HIS SIN, HE CLAPPETH HIS HANDS AMONG US, AND MULTIPLIETH HIS WORDS AGAINST GOD._ Clappeth ... hands - in scorn (Job 27:23; Ezekiel 21:17). MULTIPLIETH ... WORDS - (Job...
34:37 rebellion (b-4) Elsewhere 'transgression,' see ch. 7.21, but distinct from 'transgress,' 1 Samuel 2:24 ....
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to be...
If Elihu asked wise men for their advice about Job, they would all agree. Job’s behaviour was good. But his speeches were not always wise. He spoke about subjects that he did not understand (Job 42:3)...
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 34 ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...
כִּ֥י יֹ֘סִ֤יף עַֽל ־חַטָּאתֹ֣ו פֶ֭שַׁע בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ...
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...
THE ALMIGHTY MUST BE JUST Job 34:1 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate co...
Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job had...
For he (e) addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God. (e) He stands stubbornly to the maintenance of his cause....
Fast, and pressed by arguments. (Menochius) (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "since he adds crime (Calmet; Protestants, rebellion) to his sin, and clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against th...
REFLECTIONS READER, let not this interesting discourse of Elihu pass away from us without leaving behind it upon our minds the many precious instructions it is so eminently calculated to impart; nor,...
(29) When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: (30) That the hypocrite reig...
3. NOW ON TO CHAPTER 34 H. Job 34:1-9 (NKJV) Elihu further answered and said: 2 "Hear my words, you wise [men]; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. 3 For the ear tests words As the palate taste...
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...
FOR HE ADDETH REBELLION UNTO HIS SIN,.... Or he "may" or "will" add u, if he is suffered to go on at this rate, and is not stopped; as yet he has only committed, it may be charitably hoped, some sins...
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God. Ver. 37. _For he addeth rebellion unto his sin_] Or, he will add, viz. unless he be exer...
_He addeth rebellion unto his sin_ He sinned before by impatience under his afflictions, but now he is grown obstinate, and, instead of humbling himself for his sins, he justifies himself, and accuses...
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, namely, by his bold and accusing speeches against God, HE CLAPPETH HIS HANDS AMONG US, in mockery and derision, AND MULTIPLIETH HIS WORDS AGAINST GOD. Such a beha...
JOB CHARGED WITH INCONSISTENCY...
HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of1 Corinthians 10:15, "I speak as to...
"Job clapped his hands in their presence; that is, he treated their counsel with contempt (clapping the hands was sometimes used to silence others)" _(Zuck p. 152)._...
31-37 When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his...
He sinned before, as other ways, so by impatience under his afflictions, which may be ascribed to human infirmity; but now he is grown obstinate and incorrigible, and instead of repenting and humbling...
Job 34:37 adds H3254 (H8686) rebellion H6588 sin H2403 claps H5606 (H8799) multiplies H7235 (H8686) words...
Job 34:1. _Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat._ I wish that verse was...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. He magnifies God's holiness. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: It is absurd and unreasonable to multiply words in complaint against God's ways....
Job 34:5. _Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment._ See on Job 27:2. Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of him, th...
_Surely it is meet to be said unto God._ THE SECOND SPEECH OF ELIHU I. A good counsel. Elihu recommends Job to do two things. 1. To resolve on an improved life. This includes-- (1) Moral reform....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:1 Elihu calls on “wise men” to hear Job’s contention that he is in the right (vv. Job 34:2) and “men of understanding” to hear Elihu’s argument against this claim (vv....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:34 Elihu says that any who are truly MEN OF UNDERSTANDING or WISE would agree with him, and that Job speaks like a fool who is WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE or...
_ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH_ Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1.—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence probabl...
EXPOSITION JOB 34:1 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special friends, or ot...
Furthermore Elihu went on then [Job didn't answer], he said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; give ear unto me, that have knowledge. For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat (Job 34:1-3). That'...
1 Samuel 15:23; Isaiah 1:19; Isaiah 1:20; Job 11:2; Job 11:3;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
Addeth — He sinned before, by impatience under his afflictions, now he is grown obstinate, and instead of humbling himself for his sins, justifies himself, and accuses the blessed God. Clapped — Insul...