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Job 32:17
I said, I will answer also my part, for his own person, I also will show mine opinion, throwing the weight of his opinion in the scales against Job.
I said, I will answer also my part, for his own person, I also will show mine opinion, throwing the weight of his opinion in the scales against Job.
Verse Job 32:17. _I WILL ANSWER ALSO MY PART_] אענה חלקי _aaneh chelki_, "I will recite my portion." We have already seen that the book of Job is a sort of _drama_, in which several persons have thei...
I ALSO WILL SHOW MINE OPINION - In this language, as in Job 32:6, there is a delicate expression of modesty in the Hebrew which does not appear in our translation. It is אף־אני _'aph_ _'ănı̂y_ - even...
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
If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God will prevent his showing partiality....
Job 32:16 is most naturally to be taken as a question, 16. And shall I wait because they speak not, Because they stand still and answer no more? 17. I will answer also my part, &c. The discomfitur...
Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...
TEXT 32:11-22 11 BEHOLD, I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended onto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, O...
_I SAID, I WILL ANSWER ALSO MY PART, I ALSO WILL SHEW MINE OPINION._ My part - for my part. Maurer translates Job 32:16, 'And should I have waited because they spake not?' etc. Certainly not. 'I also...
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...
In Job 2:13, the three friends were silent because Job’s words upset them. But now they had argued with Job. And so nobody wanted to speak, except Elihu. He had waited patiently during their long spee...
אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף ־אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י...
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...
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...
[I SAID], I WILL ANSWER ALSO MY PART,.... Or take his turn in giving an answer to Job; what they had given being quite insufficient and unsuitable: I ALSO WILL SHOW MINE OPINION; knowledge, or sentim...
Job 32:17 [I said], I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. Ver. 17. _I said, I will answer also my part_] It is a virtue to be forward and forth putting in that which is good; and...
_I will answer also my part_ I will take my turn and speak what they have omitted. _I am full of matter_ I have many things to say in this cause; _the spirit within me constraineth me_ My spirit, or s...
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...
He will speak and he is so full of words that he is almost ready to explode. And verbose he will be! "Rowley humorously comments, 'None would dispute this' (that Elihu is full of words)" _(Zuck p. 143...
15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great r...
I will take my turn, and speak what they have omitted....
Job 32:17 answer H6030 (H8799) part H2506 declare H2331 (H8762) opinion H1843 Job 32:10,...
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...
_I also will show mine opinion._ THE SPIRIT AND MESSAGE OF ELIHU This is the beginning of Elihu’s declaration. It is quite a new voice. We have heard nothing like this before. So startling indeed is...
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...
Job 32:10; Job 33:12; Job 35:3; Job 35:4...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3