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Verse Job 36:21. _REGARD NOT INIQUITY_] It is sinful to entertain
such wishes; it is an insult to the providence of God. _He_ sends
affliction; he knows this to be best for thee: but _thou_ hast
pref...
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TAKE HEED, REGARD NOT INIQUITY - That is, be cautious that in the view
which you take of the divine government, and the sentiments which you
express, you do not become the advocate of iniquity. Elihu...
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CHAPTER 36:1-21
_ 1. God's care over the godly (Job 36:1)_
2. The purposes of affliction (Job 36:8)
3. Job to consider this (Job 36:19)
Job 36
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The godless cherish angry thoughts about God's discipline they refuse
to cry for God's help (Job 36:13). They die young, perishing like the
sodomites (those religiously consecrated to unnatural vice;...
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Elihu continues his warning to Job.
20. Desire not that night
When the peoples are cut off in their place;
21. Take heed, turn not unto iniquity,
For this thou choosest rather than affliction.
20....
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The verse continues the warning against a rebellious mind under
affliction, called here "turning unto iniquity"; for Job shews himself
more inclined to this than to submission to God's chastening hand...
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Elihu's doctrine is in a word: God is great and despiseth not, He is
great in strength of heart. His greatness is that of understanding,
which enables Him to estimate all rightly, to see through all r...
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Application to Job of the principles in regard to affliction just
enunciated by Elihu.
Job 36:16 are difficult and have been understood in a great variety of
ways. The general sense expressed by the...
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2. Job has had the wrong spirit toward his sufferings. (Job 36:17-21)
TEXT 36:17-21
17 BUT THOU ART FALL OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED:
Judgment and justice take hold _on thee._
18 For let not wra...
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_TAKE HEED, REGARD NOT INIQUITY: FOR THIS HAST THOU CHOSEN RATHER THAN
AFFLICTION._
Regard - literally, turn thyself to.
INIQUITY - namely, presumptuous speaking against God (Job 34:5, and
above Jo...
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THE WORK BEGUN. THE LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE
Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 2:68; Nehemiah 7:70.
8-38. The construction of the Tabernacle: see...
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INIQUITY] i.e. rebelliousness.
22- JOB 37:24. The wonders of the heavens testify to the majesty and
unsearchableness of God. Let Job refrain from judging Him....
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of
God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their
afflictions....
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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 36
ELIHU TEACHES ABOUT GOD...
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Elihu had almost finished his advice for Job. But in these verses,
Elihu warned Job about three dangerous ideas:
• In verses 18-19, Elihu spoke about money. Many people fail to
obey God because of mo...
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REGARD NOT INIQUITY. — Or, perhaps, the special sin of longing for
death, for thou hast desired to die rather than bear thine affliction.
Alas! Job’s case is not a solitary one, for who that has been...
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הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל ־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל ־אָ֑וֶן
כִּֽי ־עַ
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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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HE DESPISETH NOT ANY
Job 36:1
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least
of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee
before His throne forever. He will...
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After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations,
there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last
address.
He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was abou...
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_Iniquity, or blaspheming, (chap. xxxiv. 37.; Menochius) and murmurs,
to which alone thou hast given way since thy fall. (Calmet)_...
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(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth
not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth not...
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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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TAKE HEED, REGARD NOT INIQUITY,.... Not any iniquity, as to show any
approbation of it, love for it, and desire after it. All appearance of
sin, of every sin, is to be abstained from; but particularly...
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than
affliction.
Ver. 21. _Take heed, regard not iniquity_] This especially of blaming
God's judgments, as if they were unequal. No mo...
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_Desire not the night_ The night of death, which Job had often
desired, for then thou art irrecoverably gone: take heed of thy
foolish and often-repeated desire of death, lest God inflict it upon
thee...
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Take heed, regard not iniquity, not turning to vanity and wickedness
in the manner shown; FOR THIS HAST THOU CHOSEN RATHER THAN AFFLICTION,
that is, in Elihu's opinion Job was too much inclined to arr...
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THE BENEVOLENT PURPOSES OF DIVINE JUSTICE...
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SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF
(vv.1-4)
Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more
to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He
fetched it "from afar" (v....
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"Job should be careful that he not turn to sin (by complaining), which
seems to have been his preference in bearing his trials without
complaint" _(Zuck p. 158)._ Elihu feels that holding God in awe a...
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15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble.
He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to
be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest...
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REGARD NOT INIQUITY, or, _look not to it_, to wit, with an approving
or coveting eye, as this word is used, PROVERBS 23:31. Thou hast
chosen rather to quarrel with God, and censure his judgments, than...
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Job 36:21 heed H8104 (H8734) turn H6437 (H8799) iniquity H205 chosen
H977 (H8804) affliction H6040
regard -
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's justice defended.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: God does all things well. Though it may seem sometimes
that we are neglected and forgotten and...
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Job 36:3. _I will fetch my knowledge from afar;_ from the expanse of
heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural
theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the
perfect...
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_Take heed; regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than
affliction._
AFFLICTION BETTER THAN SIN
Elihu rebukes Job with a becoming dignity, for some rash and unadvised
speeches which th...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
⇐ ⇔...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:5 Elihu implies that Job’s situation is an
example of God using affliction to deliver the righteous from their
sin—if they are willing to accept his correction.
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_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH_
No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job
36:1.—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to
a more becoming state of mind in reference t...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 36:1
The two chapters, Job 36:1; Job 37:1, form a single discourse, and
ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully
as they are, in the middle of a descriptio...
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Elihu continued (Job 36:1),
He's really taking him on.
Just allow me a little more, and I'm going to show you what I have to
speak on God's behalf. I'm going to fetch my knowledge from far off,
I'm g...
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1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:15; 1 Peter 4:16; Acts 5:40; Acts 5:41;...
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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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Chosen — Thou hast chosen rather to quarrel with God, and censure
his judgments, than quietly to submit to them....