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HIS FLESH IS CONSUMED AWAY, THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN - He wastes away.
His flesh, once vigorous, beautiful, and fair, now disappears. This is
not a mere description of the nature of his sickness, but it...
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CHAPTER 33:8-33
_ 1. Elihu rebukes Job (Job 33:8)_
2. How God deals with man (Job 33:14)
3. How God in grace recovers (Job 33:23)
4. Mark well, Job, hearken unto me ...
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There is a second way, when a man is brought near to death, and the
destroying angels wait to take his life. Then an angel of mercy
instructs man in the meaning of his suffering, intercedes for him, a...
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These verses may describe another instance of God's dealing with man,
or a further discipline of the same person (Job 33:15), the result
stated Job 33:18 not having been attained. The passage has four...
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When Elihu gives the general answer to Job's charges against God that
"God is greater than man" he means that the moral loftiness of God's
nature made it impossible that He should act in the arbitrary...
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TEXT 33:19-22
19 HE IS CHASTENED ALSO WITH PAIN UPON HIS BED,
And with continual strife in his bones;
20 So that his life abhorreth bread,
And his soul dainty food.
21 His flesh is consumed away,...
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_HIS FLESH IS CONSUMED AWAY, THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN; AND HIS BONES
THAT WERE NOT SEEN STICK OUT._
His flesh, once prominent, 'can no more be seen.' His bones, once not
seen, now appear prominent.
ST...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-13. Elihu blames Job for regarding himself as sinless, and
complaining that' God is his enemy and will not answer him....
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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 33
ELIHU SPEAKS TO JOB
V1...
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This man sounds like Job. But we are not sure, because of verse 27.
The man in the story was evil. But Job was not evil. And Elihu was
angry about people who accused Job without evidence (Job 32:3)....
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‘God speaks in many different ways. But we do not always hear him’
(verse 14). Elihu used two stories to explain this idea. The first
story is in verses 15-18. This sounds like Eliphaz’s strange dream...
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יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂרֹ֣ו מֵ רֹ֑אִי
_וְ_†_שֻׁפּ֥וּ_† עַ֝צְמֹותָ֗יו...
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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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THE INTERPRETER
Job 33:1
It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator
Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between Job and his Maker. He
dwells especially on his own likeness...
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Elihu began his direct appeal to Job by asking his attention, assuring
him of sincerity in motive, and finally declaring that he spoke to him
as a comrade, not as a judge, or one who would fill him wi...
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_Bare. The skin will scarcely cover them. He will appear ghastly, like
a skeleton. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "his bones....shall stick out."
(Protestants) (Haydock)_...
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(18) He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from
perishing by the sword. (19) В¶ He is chastened also with pain upon
his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: (20) So that...
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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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HIS FLESH IS CONSUMED AWAY, THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN,.... All being
gone, none left to be seen, nothing but skin and bones; and this
partly through the vehemence of strong pain, and partly through the
n...
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His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
[that] were not seen stick out.
Ver. 21. _His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen_] He
that was _habilior paulo,_ corpulen...
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_He keepeth back his soul from the pit_ By these gracious admonitions,
whereby God leads men to humiliation of soul before him, and to
repentance, he preserves their lives from death and the grave, an...
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His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen, shrinking into
nothingness on his bones; AND HIS BONES THAT WERE NOT SEEN STICK OUT,
he becomes a mere shadow of his former self....
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OF THE TRUE RELATION OF SINFUL MAN TOWARD GOD...
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HE SPEAKS AS A MEDIATOR
(vv.1-7)
Elihu did not take any haughty and unfeeling attitude as did Job's
three friends, but speaks with simple humility, entreating Job to hear
and consider what he says ...
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19-28 Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was
angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often
afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will...
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HIS FLESH IS CONSUMED AWAY, through pain and pining sickness. THAT IT
CANNOT BE SEEN; because there is none left to be seen; but he who
before was fat and flourishing, is now become a mere skeleton. T...
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Job 33:21 flesh H1320 away H3615 (H8799) sight H7210 bones H6106 out
H8192 (H8795) (H8675)...
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This is part of the speech of young Elihu, who had listened with much
patience, but also with great indignation, to the harsh speeches of
Job's three friends and to Job's self-righteous answers.
Job...
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This is a speech of young Elihu, who had sat quietly listening to the
taunting words of the three «candid friends» of Job, and to the
somewhat exasperated replies of the patriarch. At last, the young...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Affliction is shown to be
discipline.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: God often afflicts the body in love and with gracious
designs of good to the sou...
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Job 33:4. _The Spirit of God hath made me._ See on Genesis 2:7, and
Psalms 33:6. The creation of man was known to all the descendants of
Noah, much the same as to Moses. Sanchoniatho the Phœnician
his...
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_He is chastened also with pain upon his bed._
SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION
Two Chapter s in the hook of human life are hard to understand--the
prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteou...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:1 Elihu opens and closes this section with a call
for Job to listen to his words and answer if he is able (vv. Job 33:1,...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 33:19 PAIN ON HIS BED... STRIFE IN HIS BONES. Elihu
uses vivid images, to make Job see his physical state as God’s
warning to him.
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_ELIHU’S FIRST SPEECH_
Elihu addresses himself to Job on the subject of God’s afflictive
dispensations. Afflictions often disciplinary chastisements.
I. HE BESPEAKS JOB’S CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL TH...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 33:1
In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to
address Job himself, offering to reason out the matter in dispute with
him, in God's stead. After a brief e...
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Wherefore, Job, [he said,] I pray thee, now hear my speech, hearken to
all my words. Behold, I've opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my
mouth. My words shall be of uprightness of my heart: and m...
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Job 13:28; Job 14:20; Job 14:22; Job 19:20; Job 7:5;...
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GOD'S METHOD OF GRACE
Job 33:18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In our Scripture today Elihu is addressing Job, and his three supposed
friends. Elihu had listened to the speeches of Bildad, Zophar, and
Eliphaz....
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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