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CHAPTER XXXV
_Elihu accuses Job of impious speeches_, 1-4.
_No man can affect God by his iniquity, nor profit him by his_
_righteousness_, 5-8.
_Many are afflicted and oppressed, but few cry to Go...
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ELIHU SPAKE - Hebrew, ויען _vaya‛an_ “And he answered”; the
word “answer” being used, as it is often in the Scriptures, to
denote the commencement of a discourse. We may suppose that Elihu had
paused...
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CHAPTER 35
_ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_
2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9)
Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this
is sound judgment...
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_COMPARISON IS NOT TO BE MADE WITH GOD, BECAUSE OUR GOOD OR EVIL
CANNOT EXTEND UNTO HIM. MANY CRY IN THEIR AFFLICTIONS; BUT ARE NOT
HEARD, FOR WANT OF FAITH._
_Before Christ 1645._
_JOB 35:1. ELIHU...
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D.
THE ACTS OF GOD AND THE ACTS OF MAN (Job 35:1-16)
1. Job has said he has seen no profit in righteousness. (Job 35:1-3)
TEXT 35:1-3
1 MOREOVER ELIHU ANSWERED AND SAID,
_2_ Thinkest thou this to...
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_ELIHU SPAKE MOREOVER, AND SAID,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE....
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no
advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion....
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In other words, Job was saying, ‘God does not care whether a man is
innocent or not. I thought that God would help me because of my good
deeds. But in fact, I am suffering as an evil person deserves t...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 35
ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCU...
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וַ יַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַ יֹּאמַֽר׃...
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THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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SONGS IN THE NIGHT
Job 35:1
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether
independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but
themselves. There is no motive, therefo...
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Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job
questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness
as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...
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CONTENTS
We have a continuation of the speech of Elihu in this chapter. He is
still prosecuting the same theme, in holding forth to Job's view the
perfectness and glory of the Lord, in all his dispen...
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(1) В¶ Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be
right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? (3) For
thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What pr...
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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...
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ELIHU SPAKE MOREOVER, AND SAID. Elihu very probably paused awhile, and
waited to observe whether any of the company would rise up, and either
contradict and refute what he had said, or declare their a...
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Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Ver. 1. _Elihu spake moreover, and said_] His speech was for God, as
before; and therefore he spake moreover. For, as Austin saith of the
feast of Pentecost, _Gaudet p...
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_Elihu spake moreover_ Job still keeping silence, perhaps because he
was convinced that although Elihu had made a very harsh construction
of his words, he was influenced by a good motive in what he ha...
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JOB'S STANDPOINT OF THE FUTILITY OF PIETY FALSE...
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Elihu spake moreover, since Job made no move to answer him, AND SAID,...
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Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter
provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly
connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deal...
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Earlier Elihu had quoted Job as having said that. righteous life
seemingly does. person no good (Job 34:9) (Job 9:30-31). "How could
Job ever hope to be vindicated by God as being innocent while at th...
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1-8 Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and
called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is
far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of...
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JOB CHAPTER 35 Our good or evil extendeth not to God, JOB 35:1, but to
men on earth, who are hereby oppressed, and cry out, but not unto God,
nor are delivered, JOB 35:8. He exhorteth to hope in God,...
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Job 35:1 Elihu H453 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Job's rash talk reproved.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction, or to
try to acquit ourselves, if we have...
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Job 35:2. _My righteousness is more than God's._ The LXX react as the
Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too
strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:9, “...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:1 Elihu thinks Job believes that his
righteousness entitles him to God’s blessing, but Elihu believes
that neither faithfulness nor wickedness influences God (vv. Job
35:1). Job had...
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_ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH_
After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his
reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job
35:1.—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c.
I. REPROVES...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 35:1
In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first
(verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has
brought him no correspondent blessings...
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Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that
you said, My righteousness is more than God's? (Job 35:1-2)
Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and
s...
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Job 35:1...
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HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB
Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3