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Verse Job 32:14. _HE HATH NOT DIRECTED_] I am no _party_ in this
controversy; I have no party feeling in it: he has not spoken a word
against me, therefore I have no cause of irritation. I shall spea...
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NOW, HE HATH NOT DIRECTED HIS WORDS AGAINST ME - Margin,
“ordered.” The meaning of this expression is, “I can approach
this subject in a wholly dispassionate and unprejudiced manner. I have
had none o...
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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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Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not
a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have
failed, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God.
J...
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These verses mean,
13. Say not, We have found wisdom,
God may thrust him down, not man;
14. For he hath not directed his words against me, &c.
Elihu refuses to let the three friends excuse themsel...
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Elihu, directly addressing the three friends, states more clearly his
reasons for taking upon him to speak: he had hoped to hear them
confute Job, and was disappointed in their arguments; Job may be s...
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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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_NOW HE HATH NOT DIRECTED HIS WORDS AGAINST ME: NEITHER WILL I ANSWER
HIM WITH YOUR SPEECHES._
I am altogether unprejudiced. For it is not I whom he addressed. 'Your
speeches' have been influenced by...
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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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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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Elihu spoke like a lawyer. He had listened to the other speeches. He
thought carefully about them. But the three friends’ arguments did
not impress him. He saw that they had no evidence to accuse Job....
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וְ לֹא ־עָרַ֣ךְ אֵלַ֣י מִלִּ֑ין וּ֝ בְ
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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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_He; Job, or God. I do not pretend that I have had any revelation,
like Eliphas and Sophar, chap. iv. 12., and xi. 5. Job has addressed
himself to you; (Calmet) but I shall not answer him as you have...
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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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NOW HE HATH NOT DIRECTED [HIS] WORDS AGAINST ME,.... That is, Job had
not directed his speech to him, or levelled his arguments against him;
he had not set himself and his words in battle array agains...
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Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer
him with your speeches.
Ver. 14. _Now he hath not directed his speech against me_] And so I
have no particular edge or grudge ag...
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_He hath not directed his words against me_ I am not engaged in this
dispute by any provoking words of Job, as you have been, which have
excited your passions, and biased your judgments; but I speak m...
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Now, he hath not directed his words against me, Job had not arrayed
arguments against Elihu, he had brought no facts which convinced Elihu
of his innocence; NEITHER WILL I ANSWER HIM WITH YOUR SPEECHE...
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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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DIRECTED HIS WORDS:
Or, ordered his words...
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And so Elihu will not use the arguments that the three friends have
used. This approach would be different for he had no need to defend
himself against verbal attacks by Job....
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6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest
experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he plea...
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I am not engaged in this discourse by any provoking words of Job, as
you have been, which hath drawn forth your passions and biassed your
judgments; but merely from zeal for the vindication of God's h...
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Job 32:14 directed H6186 (H8804) words H4405 answer H7725 (H8686)
words H561
directed - Heb. ordered...
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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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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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Job 13:18; Job 23:4; Job 32:12; Job 33:5; Job 6:10;...
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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