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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 33:1-7

Elihu turns to Job and bids him answer him, if he can. He will not terrify him into silence, as Job said God would (Job 9:34; Job 13:21).

Job 33:4 should follow Job 33:6 and thus Job 33:5 follow immediately on Job 33:3. This gives a much better connexion. In Job 33:7 for my pressure read, with LXX, my hand.

Job 33:8. Job has declared that he is innocent, and that God is his enemy. He is unjust in doing so. God is great. Observe that Job 33:10 b quotes Job 13:24; Job 33:11 quotes Job 13:27. In Job 33:13 read, Why dost thou strive against Him, for that He does not answer any of thy words?

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