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 transgression, literally, "mine arrow," for the arrow of God's punishment piercing him was inflicting an incurable wound without Job's having deserved it, as he thought. These statements excited Elihu to the deepest resentment.
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...
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...
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)...
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...
TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44....
Elihu recites Job's statement of his cause against God, expressing his abhorrence of Job's sentiments....
_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...
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....
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...
_SHOULD I LIE AGAINST MY RIGHT? MY WOUND IS INCURABLE WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION._ i.e., were I to renounce my right (i:e., confess myself guilty), I should lie. Job virtually had said so (Job 27:4; Job 6:...
34:6 wound (b-8) Lit. 'arrow.'...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
עַל ־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י בְלִי...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
MY WOUND: _ Heb._ mine arrow...
"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...
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...
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...
Job 34:6 lie H3576 (H8762) right H4941 wound H2671 incurable H605 (H8803) transgression H6588 I -...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
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....
_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...
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...
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'...
Job 16:13; Job 27:4; Job 6:4...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
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...