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Verse Job 36:11. _IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE_ HIM] There may appear in the
course of Providence to be some exceptions to this _general rule_; but
it is most true, that this is literally or spiritually ful...
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IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE HIM - That is, if, as the result of their
afflictions, they repent of their sins, seek his mercy, and serve him
in time to come, they shall be prospered still. The design of
aff...
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CHAPTER 36:1-21
_ 1. God's care over the godly (Job 36:1)_
2. The purposes of affliction (Job 36:8)
3. Job to consider this (Job 36:19)
Job 36
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God is mighty, yet despises none. He destroys the wicked, but watches
over the righteous, exalting them to honour. If He afflicts them it is
to bring home to them their sin. Thus God instructs them an...
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Such afflictions, though graciously meant, may have different issues
according as men receive them. On the expression "the sword" in Job
36:12 see ch. Job 33:18....
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Elihu's doctrine is in a word: God is great and despiseth not, He is
great in strength of heart. His greatness is that of understanding,
which enables Him to estimate all rightly, to see through all r...
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GODPERSON, PROMISE, PURPOSE, AND PEOPLE (Job 36:1-33)
1.
God deals with men according to their deeds; the penitent he restores,
others perish. (Job 36:1-16)
TEXT 36:1-16
1 ELIHU ALSO PROCEEDED...
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_IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE HIM, THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN
PROSPERITY, AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASURES._
Serve - i:e. worship; as in Isaiah 19:23 God is to be supplied (cf.
Isaiah 19:20)....
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED)
1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of
God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their
afflictions....
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THE WORK BEGUN. THE LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE
Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 2:68; Nehemiah 7:70.
8-38. The construction of the Tabernacle: see...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 36
ELIHU TEACHES ABOUT GOD...
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God gives an opportunity for people to confess their evil deeds to
him. God wants them to trust him. But God does not force anybody to
change. In the end, God will be the judge of everybody.
GOD PUNI...
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THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY. — It is, perhaps, not
more easy to reconcile this teaching of Elihu’s with the realities
of actual fact than it is the notions of Job’s friends as to direct...
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אִֽם ־יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽ יַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ
יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם...
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XXVI.
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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HE DESPISETH NOT ANY
Job 36:1
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least
of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee
before His throne forever. He will...
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After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations,
there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last
address.
He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was abou...
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(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth
not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth not...
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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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IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE [HIM],.... That is, God, to whom so many things
are ascribed in the preceding verses; and who only is to be obeyed and
served in a religious way, with the obedience of faith and...
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If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Ver. 11. _If they obey and serve him, they shall, &c._] Heb. they
shall finish, they shall spend...
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_If they obey_ God's admonition and command; _they shall spend their
days in prosperity_ They shall be restored to their former prosperity,
and shall live and die in it. This he says according to the...
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If they obey and serve Him, yielding to His entreaties, THEY SHALL
SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASURES, as the
result of God's blessings upon them....
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THE BENEVOLENT PURPOSES OF DIVINE JUSTICE...
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SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF
(vv.1-4)
Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more
to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He
fetched it "from afar" (v....
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Those who hearken to such lessons will end up blessed and those who
refuse to learn will perish in their ignorance. This may be. warning
to Job that Job, even though he is righteous and knowledgeable,...
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5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is
always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever
toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when...
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Job 36:11 obey H8085 (H8799) serve H5647 (H8799) spend H3615 (H8762)
days H3117 prosperity H2896 years...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's justice defended.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: God does all things well. Though it may seem sometimes
that we are neglected and forgotten and...
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Job 36:3. _I will fetch my knowledge from afar;_ from the expanse of
heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural
theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the
perfect...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech.
⇐ ⇔...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:5 Elihu implies that Job’s situation is an
example of God using affliction to deliver the righteous from their
sin—if they are willing to accept his correction.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:8 Elihu describes AFFLICTION as a kind of
captivity. He argues that God uses affliction to speak to people about
their sin (v. Job 36:9)....
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_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH_
No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job
36:1.—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to
a more becoming state of mind in reference t...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 36:1
The two chapters, Job 36:1; Job 37:1, form a single discourse, and
ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully
as they are, in the middle of a descriptio...
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Elihu continued (Job 36:1),
He's really taking him on.
Just allow me a little more, and I'm going to show you what I have to
speak on God's behalf. I'm going to fetch my knowledge from far off,
I'm g...
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Deuteronomy 4:30; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Hebrews 11:8;...
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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