Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Job 34:26
Verse Job 34:26. He striketh them as wicked men] At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.
Verse Job 34:26. He striketh them as wicked men] At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.
HE STRIKETH THEM AS WICKED MEN - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. H...
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)...
Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him. In Job...
God's strict justice may be seen in His government of the peoples and their princes alike. His justice is unerring, for it is guided by omniscient insight. Punishing oppression, it avenges the cause o...
Armed with such omniscient insight (_therefore, Job 34:25_) He knoweth men's works, and His judgment overtakes them without fail....
IN THE OPEN SIGHT OF OTHERS— This is a metaphor taken from executions, which are performed in public places amid a croud of spectators, for the sake of example....
3. God is supreme, sees every hidden thing, and is an impartial judge. (Job 34:16-30) TEXT 34:16-30 16 If now _thou hast_ understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even...
_HE STRIKETH THEM AS WICKED MEN IN THE OPEN SIGHT OF OTHERS;_ Striketh - chasteneth. AS, х_ TACHAT_ (H8478)] - literally, under; i:e., because they are wicked. But Maurer takes it 'in the place whe...
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...
In Job’s country, a judge would select a day when he would act as judge. Everyone who needed the judge’s help would wait for that day. But on that day, they could go to his court. On that day, the jud...
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...
HE STRIKETH THEM AS WICKED MEN. — Rather, _in the place of wicked men he striketh them: i.e.,_ the wicked — that is, “He executeth His judgments in the sight of all beholders, striking down wicked men...
תַּֽחַת ־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּ מְקֹ֥ום רֹאִֽים׃...
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...
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of (u) others; (u) Meaning, openly in the sight of all men....
_Sight. Literally, "in the place of the beholders," (Haydock) in public. (Calmet)_...
(13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall peri...
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...
HE STRIKETH THEM AS WICKED MEN,.... Such is the strict justice of God, that he never strikes men, or inflicts punishment on them, or brings down his judgments upon them, but as wicked men, and because...
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; Ver. 26. _He striketh them as wicked men, &c._] _Complodit cos,_ saith Junius, _scilicet ut inflatas vesicas in sun ipsorum sede,_ he strik...
_He shall break in pieces mighty men_, &c. Neither their greatness nor their numbers can secure them from the stroke of God's justice; _and set others in their stead_ Give away their power and dignity...
He striketh them as wicked men, as evil-doers are scorned and smitten, IN THE OPEN SIGHT OF OTHERS, as a public example and a warning to all men,...
PROOF OF THE DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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...
IN THE OPEN SIGHT OF OTHERS: _ Heb._ in the place of beholders...
16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumpti...
AS WICKED MEN, i.e. as he useth to smite wicked men, with a grievous and terrible stroke. Compare ISAIAH 27:7. Or, _for wicked men_; or, _because they are wicked men_, therefore he destroys them witho...
Job 34:26 strikes H5606 (H8804) as H8478 wicked H7563 open H4725 sight H7200 (H8802) in -...
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...
_If now thou hast understanding, hear this._ ELIHU’S REMONSTRANCE I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the ab...
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 34:26 Elihu suggests that Job has been struck FOR ALL TO SEE because he has TURNED ASIDE from following the Lord’s WAYS by mistreating the poor
_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 Timothy 5:20; 1 Timothy 5:24; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 12:12;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
As — Because they are wicked men. In the open light — In publick view for their greater shame, and for the greater glory of his justice....