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Verse Job 32:18. _I AM FULL OF MATTER_] מלים _millim_, "I am full
of WORDS," or _sayings_; i.e., wise sentences, and ancient opinions.
_THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME CONSTRAINETH ME._] How similar to the wor...
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FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER - Margin, as in Hebrew words.” The three
friends of Job had been silenced. They had not one word more to say.
Elihu says that the reverse was true of him. He was full of words,...
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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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If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's
silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God
will prevent his showing partiality....
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MATTER. Hebrew. _millah_. the matter of what is said....
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Elihu feels a crowd of thoughts and arguments fermenting in his bosom
and pressing for utterance with a force not to be resisted. The word
"belly" corresponds to the English "breast" or bosom. What st...
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Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and
present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are
discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...
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FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER; THE SPIRIT, &C.— As he was a young man, he
dares not claim much authority, from his own sayings; but he claims it
from the inspiration of the Almighty, by whose Spirit he was...
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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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_FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER, THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME CONSTRAINETH ME._
'I am full of words,' whereas the friends have not a word more to say.
THE SPIRIT - (Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Jeremiah 20:9, "His word was a...
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32:18 me (g-10) Lit. 'my belly.'...
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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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In the Bible, many holy men are called prophets. These men did not
merely speak their own ideas. Rather, they spoke by the Holy Spirit (2
Peter 1:20-21). They described their experience in different w...
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כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים
הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃...
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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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_Me. And forces me to speak, Jeremias v. 24., and xx. 9. Thus Juvenal
describes a great talker. Tunc immensa cavi spirant mendacia
folles.---Conspuiturque sinus. (Sat. vi.) (Calmet)_...
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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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FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER,.... Or "full [of] words" y; not of mere
words, such that have nothing solid and substantial in them; this is
the character of a fool, Ecclesiastes 10:14; nor was Elihu a
loqua...
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For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
Ver. 18. _For I am full of matter_] Heb. Of words; such as are
weighty and stuffy, steeped in mine understanding (as Plutarch saith
Phoc...
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_I will answer also my part_ I will take my turn and speak what they
have omitted. _I am full of matter_ I have many things to say in this
cause; _the spirit within me constraineth me_ My spirit, or s...
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For I am full of matter, full of statements and arguments which he
believes he can use, THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME CONSTRAINETH ME, urging and
impelling him to speak....
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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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MATTER:
_ Heb._ words
SPIRIT WITHIN ME:
_ Heb._ the spirit of my belly...
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15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are
about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to
speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great
r...
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I AM FULL OF MATTER, i.e. I have many things to say in this cause. THE
SPIRIT WITHIN ME; either my own spirit or soul, which is wholly
dissatisfied with what hath been hitherto spoken, and clearly
app...
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Job 32:18 full H4390 (H8804) words H4405 spirit H7307 within H990
compels H6693 (H8689)
matter - Heb. words
the spirit -...
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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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_For I am full of matter._
IDEAS AND EXPRESSION
Sainte-Beuve remarks that the great art in speech, as in military
service, is to gather, maintain, and bring to bear at once the
greatest number of for...
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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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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:18 As in v. Job 32:8, Elihu claims he is not
speaking by choice but by necessity. Elihu may be thinking he is like
a prophet, but the reader must judge whether he is right....
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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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2 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Acts 4:20; Ezekiel 3:14;...
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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