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Verse Job 35:12. _THERE THEY CRY_] They bewail their calamities, but
sorrow not for the _cause_ of them; they cry against their
_oppressors_, but they call not upon God.
_BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVI...
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THERE THEY CRY - They cry out in the language of complaint, but not
for mercy.
BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN - That is, of their own pride. The
pride of men so rebellious, and so disposed to compla...
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CHAPTER 35
_ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_
2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9)
Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this
is sound judgment...
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Men cry out by reason of oppression, but do not inquire after God, who
gives songs in the night and makes us wiser than the animals. They cry
because of the pride of evil men, but God does not answer,...
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EVIL. Heb _ra'a'_. App-44....
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Having laid down his principle Elihu now proceeds to clear away some
anomalies which seem to support Job's contention. There are instances
where godliness does not seem to advantage men, where oppress...
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The first and last words of the verse are in connexion: "they cry
because of the pride of evil men, but none giveth answer." They remain
unheard because their cry is "vanity" (Job 35:13)....
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THERE THEY CRY, &C.— _There they may cry aloud: but there is no
deliverance from the pride of evil men._ Heath, after Le Clerc....
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3. Pride will keep men from God. (Job 35:9-13)
TEXT 35:9-13
9 BY REASON OF THE MULTITUDE OF OPPRESSIONS THEY CRY OUT;
They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where...
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_BUT NONE SAITH, WHERE IS GOD MY MAKER, WHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE
NIGHT;_
But the reason is, that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly
seek God for succour; so to their "pride" is to be laid the b...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no
advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion....
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Render, 'They cry because of the pride of evil men, but none giveth
answer'; i.e. because there is no humble, trustful appeal to God....
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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 35
ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCU...
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In Job 24:1-12, Job spoke about the poor people who were suffering
because of their cruel rulers. And Job complained that God was not
helping these people. Elihu’s answer to Job was in two parts:
• P...
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שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְ לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝
פְּנֵ֗י
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XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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SONGS IN THE NIGHT
Job 35:1
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether
independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but
themselves. There is no motive, therefo...
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Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job
questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness
as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...
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(9) В¶ By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the
oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
(10) But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
ni...
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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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THERE THEY CRY,.... As brutes do, and as in, Job 35:9; by reason of
their oppressions, but not under a due sense of the hand of God upon
them, nor of his being their only helper, and saviour, and deli...
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_There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil
men._
Ver. 12. _There they cry, but none giveth answer_] Cry they do, but
not to the true God, John 1:5. The Papists have their h...
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_There they cry_ Or _then_, as the Hebrew particle here used often
means; that is, in that time or condition of trouble; _but none giveth
answer_ The reason that God doth not deliver them is, because,...
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The Reasons For God's Delay in Helping Suffering...
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There they cry, but none giveth answer, God pays no attention to such
prayers, BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN, He will not hear so as to
deliver them from the oppression of wicked men....
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Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter
provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly
connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deal...
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9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the
oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile
the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty....
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THERE, or _then_, as this particle is used, PSALMS 14:5 ECCLESIASTES
3:17 ZEPHANIAH 1:14; in that time or condition. THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN;
either
1. Of the oppressors. So this is the reason not of
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Job 35:12 out H6817 (H8799) answer H6030 (H8799) Because H6440 pride
H1347 men H7451
There -...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Job's rash talk reproved.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction, or to
try to acquit ourselves, if we have...
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Job 35:2. _My righteousness is more than God's._ The LXX react as the
Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too
strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:9, “...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:1 Elihu thinks Job believes that his
righteousness entitles him to God’s blessing, but Elihu believes
that neither faithfulness nor wickedness influences God (vv. Job
35:1). Job had...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:12 Elihu says that God does not hear the EMPTY
CRY of the oppressed, because of the PRIDE OF EVIL MEN. The context
indicates that he is most likely referring to the oppressed themse...
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_ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH_
After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his
reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job
35:1.—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c.
I. REPROVES...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 35:1
In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first
(verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has
brought him no correspondent blessings...
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Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that
you said, My righteousness is more than God's? (Job 35:1-2)
Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and
s...
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Isaiah 14:14; John 9:31; Proverbs 1:28; Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4;...
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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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Because — God doth not answer their cries, because they are both
evil, wicked and impenitent, and proud, unhumbled for those sins for
which God brought these miseries upon them....