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Verse Job 36:4. _MY WORDS_ SHALL _NOT_ BE _F__alse_] My words shall be
truth without falsity.
_HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE_ IS _WITH THEE._] "The perfection of
knowledge is with thee." Thou art a...
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FOR TRULY MY WORDS SHALL NOT BE FALSE - This is designed to conciliate
attention. It is a professed purpose to state nothing but truth. Even
in order to vindicate the ways of God he would state nothin...
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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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Elihu has yet words to utter for God. By a wide survey he will
establish the righteousness of his Maker. All that Elihu says is true
and his knowledge perfect....
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The speaker makes a higher claim than to sincerity here; he claims the
character of absolute truth for his teaching he is perfect in
knowledge. In a slightly different form the phrase "perfect in
know...
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Introductory: Elihu desires Job to hear him still further. He has
still more to say in God's behalf; and it is not trivial or
commonplace, either in its object for he will ascribe right to his
Maker;...
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HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE— _Though the perfection of knowledge
be with thee:_ Heath; who thinks that this alludes to Job's sarcasm,
chap. Job 12:2....
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E.
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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36:4 perfect (e-10) Elsewhere also 'upright.'...
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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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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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HE] RV 'one'; i.e. Elihu.
7B. RV 'But with kings upon the throne he setteth them for ever.'...
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Elihu was bold when he spoke these words. But we do not think that he
was proud. Elihu was speaking by God’s Holy Spirit (Job 32:8). In
other words, Elihu’s knowledge came from God (Job 36:22). Elihu...
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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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HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE. — We may presume that he meant God;
but in the Authorised Version it looks very much as though he meant
himself. (Comp. Job 37:16.) So apparently Vulg., “_perfecta sci...
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כִּֽי ־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא ־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י
תְּמִ֖ים...
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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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For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is (b) perfect in
knowledge [is] with thee.
(b) You will perceive that I am a faithful instructor, and that I
speak to you in the name of God....
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_Lie. Every orator will promise to speak the truth, and will do so
sometimes to gain credit. (Worthington) --- Shall be. Hebrew, "is with
thee." Thou art not devoid of sense, and thou wilt (Calmet) su...
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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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FOR TRULY MY WORDS [SHALL] NOT [BE] FALSE,.... But strictly true; he
would take the utmost care to say nothing but the truth, with the
greatest impartiality and sincerity, so that what was said might...
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For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in
knowledge [is] with thee.
Ver. 4. _For truly my words shall not be false_] I shall deal truly
and plainly with thee; my discourse shal...
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_Suffer me a little_ Give me thy patient attention but a little
longer, and I have done. _I will show I have yet to speak on God's
behalf_ That I have not yet said all that can be said to justify God'...
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For truly my words shall not be false, not even tinged with falsehood
and deceit; HE THAT IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH THEE, Elihu, as
one faultless in the knowledge of God's attributes and works,...
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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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Not lacking in self-confidence, Elihu affirmed that his words were
true. JOB 36:4 "ONE WHO IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE IS WITH YOU": Is Elihu
being overconfident here, or is the "One" under consideration...
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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 mus...
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I will not speak any thing against my own conscience, nor against
truth, either to flatter God, or to vex thee, as thou supposest thy
other friends have done, JOB 13:7, and elsewhere. HE THAT IS PERFE...
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Job 36:4 truly H551 words H4405 false H8267 perfect H8549 knowledge
H1844
my - Job 13:4,...
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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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_Elihu also proceeded and said._
THE PORTRAIT OF A TRUE PREACHER
I. The side he has to take. “I have yet to speak on God’s
behalf.” Sin is a controversy with God. The true preacher has to
take the s...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
⇐ ⇔...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:2 Elihu presents his final speech as something
offered ON GOD’S BEHALF. He emphasizes that, unlike Job (see Job
34:35), he has understanding that comes from ou
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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 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy
3:17;...
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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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He, &c. — Thou hast to do with a God of perfect knowledge, by whom
all thy words and actions are weighed....