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Verse Job 36:5. _GOD IS MIGHTY AND DESPISETH NOT ANY_] He reproaches
no man for his want of knowledge. _If any man lack wisdom, he may
come_ _to God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not_. I prefe...
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BEHOLD, GOD IS MIGHTY - This is the first consideration which Elihu
urges, and the purpose seems to be to affirm that God is so great that
he has no occasion to modify his treatment of any class of pe...
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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 36:1. Elihu had told Job in the last verse of the precedi...
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God is mighty, yet despises none. He destroys the wicked, but watches
over the righteous, exalting them to honour. If He afflicts them it is
to bring home to them their sin. Thus God instructs them an...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterism_. _s_. App-6.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
IS MIGHTY. This is the text of Elihu's discourses, leading up to God's
own addresses to Job. Compare Job 36:26, and Job 33:12....
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_and despiseth not_ Though God is mighty He despiseth or dis-daineth
not, He gives the weakest his rights as much as the most powerful, for
they are all the work of His hand, ch. Job 34:19. The words...
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DESPISETH NOT ANY— _Will not yield to any._ Heath....
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GODPERSON, PROMISE, PURPOSE, AND PEOPLE (Job 36:1-33)
1.
God deals with men according to their deeds; the penitent he restores,
others perish. (Job 36:1-16)
TEXT 36:1-16
1 ELIHU ALSO PROCEEDED...
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_BEHOLD, GOD IS MIGHTY, AND DESPISETH NOT ANY: HE IS MIGHTY IN
STRENGTH AND WISDOM._
Strength and wisdom - rather, strength of understanding (heart): the
force of the repetition of "mighty" is, "migh...
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36:5 understanding. (f-13) Lit. 'heart,' see ch. 12.3....
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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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הֶן ־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְ לֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס
כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃...
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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 wil...
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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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Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] (c) mighty in
strength [and] wisdom.
(c) Strong and constant, and of understanding: for these are the gifts
of God, and he loves them in man: b...
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_God. Septuagint, "Know that the Lord will not cast away the
innocent." Theodotion continues to ver. 12: "The mighty, in strength
of heart, (Wisdom vi.) will not make the impious live, and will render...
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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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BEHOLD, GOD [IS] MIGHTY,.... This is a clear plain truth, easy to be
discerned, and worthy of notice, and therefore introduced with a
"behold"; that God is mighty, the most mighty, the Almighty, as
ap...
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Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in
strength [and] wisdom.
Ver. 5. _Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any_] Much less
oppresseth he any one in a good cause, or ty...
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_God is mighty, and despiseth not any_ His greatness doth not cause
him (as the greatness of men causeth them) to despise or oppress such
as are mean. _He is mighty in strength and wisdom_ His strengt...
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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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WISDOM:
_ Heb._ heart...
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"GOD IS MIGHTY BUT DOES NOT DESPISE ANY": God is mighty, yet God does
not lack mercy. God is mighty in strength and "understanding", that
is, literally, in heart....
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14-26 As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never
be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley
will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must...
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His greatness doth not make him (as it doth men) to scorn, or despise,
or oppress the meanest. Though he may do what he pleaseth, and none
can hinder him, yet he will not use it to do any man wrong, a...
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Job 36:5 God H410 mighty H3524 despises H3988 (H8799) mighty H3524
strength H3581 understanding H3820
despiseth - Job 10:3, Job 31:13; Psalms 22:24, Psalms 138:6
mighty - Job 9:14,...
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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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_Behold, God is mighty and despiseth not any._
THE LAW OF REVERENCE
Contempt, whether of men or of things, is a feeling that is alien to
God. With Him there is no littleness; He neither spurns, nor...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:24; Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 32:19; Job 10:3; Job
12:13; Job 26:12; Job 31:13; Job 37:23; Job 9:14; Job 9:19;...
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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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Despiseth — His greatness doth not make him (as it doth men)
despise, or oppress the meanest. Wisdom — His strength is guided by
wisdom, and therefore cannot do any thing unbecoming God, or unjust to...