Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Job 32:10
Therefore I said, Hearken to me, each one of his hearers being summoned to hear; I also will show mine opinion.
Therefore I said, Hearken to me, each one of his hearers being summoned to hear; I also will show mine opinion.
CHAPTER S 32--33:7 _ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_ 2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6) 3. His address to Job (Job 33:1) Job 32:1. As
Elihu had remained silent because of his youth. However wisdom is not a matter of age, but of Divine inspiration. Where the friends have failed, Elihu will succeed: there is no need to call in God. J...
Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom did not always accompany grey hairs; it is a gift of God, and, conscious of poss...
_THEREFORE I SAID, HEARKEN TO ME; I ALSO WILL SHEW MINE OPINION._ Rather, I say. OPINION - rather, knowledge х_ DEE`IY_ (H1843)]....
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with surpri...
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 32 ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
Elihu spoke like a lawyer. He had listened to the other speeches. He thought carefully about them. But the three friends’ arguments did not impress him. He saw that they had no evidence to accuse Job....
THEREFORE I SAID. — Equivalent to, _Therefore I say._ It is what he says now, as the result of former convictions....
לָכֵ֣ן אָ֭מַרְתִּי שִׁמְעָה ־לִּ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵּעִ֣י...
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...
ELIHU ENTERS Job 32:1 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of...
The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...
(6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mult...
_A NEW DISPUTANT_ ‘Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.’ Job 32:10 I. THE LAST VOICE IN THE EARTHLY CONTROVERSY IS NOW HEARD.—It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answe...
Elihu's Speeches I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had just replied to Zophar's speech. 1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...
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...
THEREFORE I SAID, HEARKEN TO ME,.... Thou O Job, and every one of you his friends, for the word is singular; though I am but a young man, yet if I have the Spirit of God, and am under the inspiration...
_Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion._ Ver. 10. _Therefore I said, Heaken to me_] This he speaks by way of apostrophe to Job, with whom he would fain ingratiate, that he mi...
_Great men are not always wise_ That is, men of eminence for age, or learning, or dignity and power, such as Job's three friends seem to have been; _neither do the aged_ (always) _understand judgment_...
Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...
In view of this inference that Job and his friends were ignorant, Elihu pleads for. hearing. The expressions "listen to me" and "let me speak" are repeated in this section (Job 32:20; Job 33:1; Job 34...
6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he plea...
I SAID within myself, and now I say it with my mouth. _Hearken to me_; thou, Job, especially, who art more nearly concerned, (to whom therefore he speaketh in the singular number,) and thy friends wit...
Job 32:10 say H559 (H8804) Listen H8085 (H8798) declare H2331 (H8762) opinion H1843...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends. CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved when injury is plainly do...
Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...
JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (Job 32:6). Th
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his remarks primarily at the three friends....
NOTES Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been consid...
EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...
So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu. So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of E...
1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:40...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3