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I AM CLEAN - I am pure and holy.
WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION - Job had not used these very expressions, nor
had he intended to maintain that he was absolutely free from sin; see
Job 9:20. He had maintained...
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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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For the expressions cited in this verse comp. ch. Job 9:21; Job 10:7;
Job 16:17; Job 23:10; Job 27:5....
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To Job's complaint that God shewed a hostility to him which was
arbitrary and without cause Elihu replies that such a thing was
unbecoming God and not to be thought of, for God is greater than man....
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He challenges Job's claim that he suffers because God counts him an
enemy. (Job 33:8-12)
TEXT 33:8-12
8 SURELY THOU HAS SPOKEN IN MY HEARING,
And I have heard the voice of _thy_ WORDS, _saying,_
9...
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_I AM CLEAN WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION, I AM INNOCENT; NEITHER IS THERE
INIQUITY IN ME._
Clean - spotless....
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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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Cp. Job 9:21; RV Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 27:4. But Elihu exaggerates
Job's protestation of innocence: cp. Job
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Elihu did not repeat Job’s actual words. Instead, Elihu chose words
that would emphasise Job’s main ideas. Job argued that he was
innocent. And Job blamed God for Job’s troubles....
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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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I AM CLEAN WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION. — Job has nowhere used this
language; but many of his statements were capable of being so
perverted and misrepresented (Job 9:20; Job 16:17; Job 23:10;...
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זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף
אָנֹכִ֑י ו
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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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_In me. Job had not said so in express terms, though he had said
something to the same purpose. But he had sufficiently explained
himself, and Eliu could not be ignorant that he only meant that his
pr...
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(8) В¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the
voice of thy words, saying, (9) I am clean without transgression, I am
innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. (10) Behold, he f...
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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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I AM CLEAN WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION,.... This with what follows is
supposed to be gathered from Job 10:6; for this is nowhere said by Job
in express words; though I rather think, since Elihu so peremptor...
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I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there]
iniquity in me.
Ver. 9. _I am clean without transgression_] Clear as the picked glass,
without defection.
_ I am innocent_] Heb....
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_Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing_ I shall not charge thee with
hypocrisy, as thy friends do, which God only can discern; but with
those words which I myself have heard from thee; _I am clean wit...
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ELIHU CHALLENGES JOB AND QUESTIONS HIS INNOCENCE...
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I am clean without transgression, pure in character and life and
altogether without wickedness; I AM INNOCENT, not a single blame
attaching to him; NEITHER IS THERE INIQUITY IN ME, Elihu understanding...
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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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8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness
of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to
bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as seve...
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Not simply and absolutely none, for he oft confesseth himself to be a
sinner, as JOB 9:1,2, &c.; Job 14:4; but no such transgression or
iniquity as might give God just occasion to punish him so severe...
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Job 33:9 pure H2134 transgression H6588 innocent H2643 iniquity H5771
Transgression - 3's H30025
clean - Job 9:17,...
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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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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 33:9 Elihu summarizes Job’s statements as if Job
had argued that he was PURE and WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION. However, it is
clear from Job’s regular practice of making burnt offerings that...
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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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Jeremiah 2:35; Job 10:7; Job 11:4; Job 16:17; Job 17:8;...
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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
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Clean — Not absolutely, for he often confesses himself to be a
sinner, but no such transgression, as might give God just occasion to
punish him so severely, as is implied, where he blames God for find...