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Verse Job 34:28. _SO THAT THEY CAUSE THE CRY OF THE POOR_] They were
cruel and oppressive: the poor cried through their distresses, and
against their oppressors; and God heard the cry of the poor. Not...
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SO THAT THEY CAUSE THE CRY OF THE POOR TO COME UNTO HIM - - Their
character is that of oppressors. They take away the rights of the
poor; strip away their property without any just claims, and cause
t...
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CHAPTER 34
_ 1. Hear my words ye wise men (Job 34:1)_
2. The refutation of Job's accusation of God (Job 34:5)
3. Job needs testing to the end (Job 34:31)
Job 34:1. In beginning this part of the ad...
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Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before
whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor
alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him.
In Job...
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God's strict justice may be seen in His government of the peoples and
their princes alike. His justice is unerring, for it is guided by
omniscient insight. Punishing oppression, it avenges the cause o...
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3. God is supreme, sees every hidden thing, and is an impartial judge.
(Job 34:16-30)
TEXT 34:16-30
16 If now _thou hast_ understanding, hear this:
Hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even...
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_BECAUSE THEY TURNED BACK FROM HIM, AND WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY OF HIS
WAYS:_
The grounds of their punishment in Job 34:26; Job 34:28 states in what
respect they "considered not God's ways" - namely,...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests
against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and
that it was no profit to be...
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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 34
ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...
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לְ הָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַֽעֲקַת ־דָּ֑ל וְ
צַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃...
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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 Bar...
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THE ALMIGHTY MUST BE JUST
Job 34:1
Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and
impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There
will be no cause of ultimate c...
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Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first
appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try
his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job had...
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to (x) come unto him, and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
(x) By their cruelty and extortion....
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(13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed
the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto
himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall peri...
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3. NOW ON TO CHAPTER 34
H. Job 34:1-9 (NKJV) Elihu further answered and said:
2 "Hear my words, you wise [men]; Give ear to me, you who have
knowledge.
3 For the ear tests words As the palate taste...
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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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SO THAT THEY CAUSE THE CRY OF THE POOR TO COME TO HIM,.... To God;
through their oppressions of the poor they are made to cry by reason
of them, and who come to God with their cries, and tears, and
su...
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Ver. 28. _So that they cause the cry of the poor, &c._] These they
compel, by their oppressions, to w...
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_Because they turned back from him_ From God, whom they or their
progenitors had owned; and from his laws, which God had written on
their minds, Romans 2:14; and from the practice of true religion, to...
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PROOF OF THE DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN
(vv.1-4)
Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to
all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of1 Corinthians
10:15, "I speak as t...
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God is just in the sense that He cares what happens to the less
fortunate and judges those who abuse the poor....
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16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God
was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule,
and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumptio...
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SO THAT THEY CAUSE, Heb. _to bring_, &c., which is ambiguous, and may
be read, either, 1. _That he_, i.e. God, _might bring_, &c. So this is
a reason why God _smote them_, &c., as is said, JOB 34:26....
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Job 34:28 cry H6818 poor H1800 come H935 (H8687) hears H8085 (H8799)
cry H6818 afflicted H6041
they - Job 22:9-10, Job 24:12, Job 29:12-13, Job 31:19-20, Job 35:9;...
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Job 34:1. _Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye
wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear
trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat._
I wish that verse was...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. He magnifies God's holiness.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: It is absurd and unreasonable to multiply words in
complaint against God's ways....
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Job 34:5. _Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment._ See on Job
27:2. Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a
wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of him, th...
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_If now thou hast understanding, hear this._
ELIHU’S REMONSTRANCE
I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy,
there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the ab...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:1 Elihu calls on “wise men” to hear Job’s
contention that he is in the right (vv. Job 34:2) and “men of
understanding” to hear Elihu’s argument against this claim (vv.
Job 34:10). H...
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_ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH_
Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being
forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1.—“Furthermore Elihu answered
(took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence probab...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 34:1
In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as
"wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether
these are Job's three special friends, or o...
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Furthermore Elihu went on then [Job didn't answer], he said, Hear my
words, O ye wise men; give ear unto me, that have knowledge. For the
ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat (Job 34:1-3).
That'...
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Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:9; Isaiah
5:7; James 5:4; Job 22:10; Job 22:9; Job 24:12;...
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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 36:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We now come to that part of the Book of Job which presents a most
remarkable message sp...
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Cry of the poor — Their case is bad, who have the prayers and tears
of the poor against them: for these will draw down vengeance sooner or
later, on the heads of their oppressors....