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Verse Job 34:6. _SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT?_] Should I acknowledge
myself the sinner which they paint me, and thus lie against my right
to assert and maintain my innocence?
_MY WOUND IS INCURABL...
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SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT? - These are also quoted as the words of
Job, and as a part of the erroneous opinions on which Elihu proposes
to comment. These words do not occur, however, as used by Jo...
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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)...
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Elihu summons the wise men who hear him to seek a right decision. Job
has accused God of injustice, when he is innocent. But in reality Job
is the worst of scorners, for he denies the profit of religi...
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TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44....
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_should I lie against my right?_ This sense is possible, the meaning
being, "shall I admit guilt when I am not guilty but wrongly
afflicted"? Perhaps the sense is rather: _against_(or,
notwithstanding...
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Elihu recites Job's statement of his cause against God, expressing his
abhorrence of Job's sentiments....
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SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT?— _As to my accusation, I am belied:
my wound is mortal, though I have not transgressed._ Heath and Houb....
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C.
THE SOURCE OF JUSTICE (Job 34:1-37)
1.
Job is walking with wicked men when he attributes injustice to God.
(Job 34:1-9)
TEXT 34:1-9
1 MOREOVER ELIHU ANSWERED AND SAID,
2 Hear my words, ye wis...
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34:6 wound (b-8) Lit. 'arrow.'...
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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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RV 'Notwithstanding my right I am _accounted_ a liar: My wound is
incurable, _though I am_ without transgression.' Right = innocence.
7, 8. Elihu implies that, in indulging in such reckless remarks,...
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Job said such things in his speeches. Job always argued that he was
innocent. And that God was not fair to him. Elihu did not agree with
these ideas....
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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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SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT? — Comp. Job 27:2.
MY WOUND IS INCURABLE. — Literally, _my arrow, i.e.,_ the arrow
which hath wounded me. (See Job 16:11; Job 17:1, &c.)
WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION. — That is...
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עַל ־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ
חִצִּ֣י בְלִי...
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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 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 co...
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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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Should I lie against my (d) right? my wound [is] (e) incurable without
transgression.
(d) Should I say, I am wicked, being an innocent?
(e) I am more punished, than my sin deserves....
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There. Septuagint, "he has been deceived;" Greek: epseusato. Hebrew,
"I will convict my judge of lying;" or (Calmet) Protestants, "should I
lie against my right?" (Haydock) --- Job, in the excess of g...
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(1) В¶ Furthermore Elihu answered and said, (2) Hear my words, O ye
wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. (3) For the
ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. (4) Let us choose t...
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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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SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT?.... No; I ought not: this though Job
had not said in so many words, yet this seems to be his sense in Job
27:4; that should he own and say that he was a wicked man, a
hy...
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Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without
transgression.
Ver. 6. _Should I lie against my right?_] _Ut meam causam prodam,_ so
as to betray my cause, and yield myself guilty when...
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_Job hath said, I am righteous_ I am so far righteous that I have not
deserved, nor had any reason to expect, such hard usage from God. _God
hath taken away my judgment_ So Job had said, Job 27:2; tha...
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Should I lie against my right, or, in spite of the fact that right is
on my side I shall still be counted a liar, this being the sense of
Job's remarks in 9:20. MY WOUND IS INCURABLE WITHOUT TRANSGRES...
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JOB ACCUSED OF FALSEHOOD AND BLASPHEMY...
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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 to...
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MY WOUND:
_ Heb._ mine arrow...
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"SHOULD. LIE CONCERNING MY RIGHT": Here is he quoting another
statement Job had made. "Elihu rehearses Job's words. He had claimed
righteousness, yet God had, by sending calamity, treated him as. liar...
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1-9 Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's
words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart
is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the
Scr...
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SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT? so Job had said in effect, JOB 27:4.
Should I falsely accuse myself of such sins of which I am no way
conscious to myself? Should I betray mine own cause, and deny my
in...
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Job 34:6 lie H3576 (H8762) right H4941 wound H2671 incurable H605
(H8803) transgression H6588
I -...
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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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_What man is like Job?_
ELIHU’S ESTIMATE OF JOB
It was natural that, with all his reverence for Job, Elihu should be
offended by the heat and passion of his words, by the absence of
moderation and se...
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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....
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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 probabl...
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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 ot...
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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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Job 16:13; Job 27:4; Job 6:4...
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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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Should I lie — So Job had said in effect, Job 27:4, should I falsely
accuse myself of sins of which I am not guilty? Without transgression
— Without any such crying, sin, as might reasonably bring dow...