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Job 32:9
Great men are not always wise, that is, the great in years, the aged, have no monopoly of wisdom; neither do the aged understand judgment, being the only ones who know what is right and good.
Great men are not always wise, that is, the great in years, the aged, have no monopoly of wisdom; neither do the aged understand judgment, being the only ones who know what is right and good.
Verse Job 32:9. _GREAT MEN ARE NOT_ ALWAYS _WISE_] This is a true saying, which the experience of every age and every country increasingly verifies. And it is most certain that, in the case before us,...
GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE - Though wisdom may in general be looked for in them, yet it is not universally true. Great men here denote those who are distinguished for rank, age, authority. NEITHER...
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...
_Great men_ Or, OLD men great in age, as the parallel in the second clause explains; cf. Genesis 25:23 (lit. the greater shall serve the less)....
GREAT MEN— רבים _rabbim, teachers._ Heath and Houb....
_GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE: NEITHER DO THE AGED UNDERSTAND JUDGMENT._ Great - rather, old (Job 32:6). so the Hebrew in Genesis 25:13, "Greater, less," for the older, the younger. JUDGMENT - wha...
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...
Older people are usually wiser than young people. Older people have learned many valuable lessons in their long lives. But there is a difference between human wisdom and God’s wisdom (1 Corinthians 1...
GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE. — That is, _old men._ He had just before said that he was “little in days” (Job 32:6); or it may be used in the sense of number, many, or multitudes. (Comp. what Job him...
לֹֽא ־רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝ זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ...
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...
_Aged: Greek: poluchronioi. Septuagint Rabbim, "the Rabbins," (Haydock) the "great ones," placed in authority. These are not always the wisest, as understanding is the gift of God, and not attached to...
(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...
GREAT MEN ARE NOT [ALWAYS] WISE,.... Men of grandeur and dignity, as Job's friends might be, the rich, the honourable, and noble; the apostle is thought to refer to this, at least to express the senti...
Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Ver. 9. _Great men are not always wise_] Rabbis are not the grandees of the earth; they who seem to be somewhat, Galatians 2:...
_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...
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...
GREAT MEN, i.e. men of eminency for age or learning, or dignity and power, such as Job's three friends seem to have been. JUDGMENT; what is just and right; or the judgment of God, and the methods and...
Job 32:9 men H7227 wise H2449 (H8799) aged H2205 understand H995 (H8799) justice H4941 Great -...
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 1:26; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:8;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
Judgment — What is just and right....