Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Job 36:2
The verse reads,
Suffer me a little and I will shew thee;
For I have somewhat still to say on God's behalf.
The first words are lit. wait for me alittle.
The verse reads,
Suffer me a little and I will shew thee;
For I have somewhat still to say on God's behalf.
The first words are lit. wait for me alittle.
Verse Job 36:2. _THAT_ I HAVE _YET TO SPEAK ON GOD'S BEHALF._] I have other proofs to allege in behalf of God's justice and providence....
SUFFER ME A LITTLE - Even beyond the regular order of speaking; or, allow me to go on though I have fully occupied my place in the “number” of speeches. Jarchi remarks that this verse is “Chaldaic,” a...
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
Elihu has yet words to utter for God. By a wide survey he will establish the righteousness of his Maker. All that Elihu says is true and his knowledge perfect....
GOD'S. Hebrew Eloah. App-4....
E. 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...
_ELIHU ALSO PROCEEDED, AND SAID,_ Elihu maintains that afflictions are to the godly disciplinary, in order to lead them to attain a higher moral worth, and that the reason for their continuance is not...
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....
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...
Elihu was bold when he spoke these words. But we do not think that he was proud. Elihu was speaking by God’s Holy Spirit (Job 32:8). In other words, Elihu’s knowledge came from God (Job 36:22). Elihu...
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 36 ELIHU TEACHES ABOUT GOD...
כַּתַּר ־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַ אֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י עֹ
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...
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...
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...
(1) В¶ Elihu also proceeded, and said, (2) Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. (3) I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to...
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...
SUFFER ME A LITTLE,.... Bear with me a little longer, and allow me to say a few words more. I have but little more to say, and it will take but a little time to say it in; thus, proposing brevity, he...
_Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf._ Ver. 2. _Suffer me a little, and I will show thee_] He promiseth brevity and thereby wooeth attention: brevity a...
_Suffer me a little_ Give me thy patient attention but a little longer, and I have done. _I will show I have yet to speak on God's behalf_ That I have not yet said all that can be said to justify God'...
Suffer me a little, hearing his instructions only a little while longer, AND I WILL SHOW THEE THAT I HAVE YET TO SPEAK ON GOD'S BEHALF, there was still something to say on the Lord's side of the quest...
THE BENEVOLENT PURPOSES OF DIVINE JUSTICE...
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....
THAT I HAVE YET TO SPEAK OF GODS BEHALF: _ Heb._ that there are yet words for God...
"THAT THERE IS YET MORE TO BE SAID IN GOD'S BEHALF": Elihu has this consuming desire to defend God against Job's accusations concerning God's justice. Are we earnest in wanting to speak in God's behal...
14-26 As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow mus...
SUFFER ME A LITTLE; give me thy patient attention but a little longer; and I WILL SHOW THEE that I have not said all that can be said to justify God's proceedings against thee....
Job 36:2 Bear H3803 (H8761) little H2191 show H2331 (H8762) speak H4405 Gods H433 Suffer -...
Job 36:2 I. The wisdom put into the mouth of Elihu when the three friends had failed reminds us of what we are taught elsewhere in the Bible: that there are times when traditional authority must give...
Job 36:1 The sinner's excuses answered. I. One excuse is that the Bible cannot be true because it represents God as unjust. It represents God as creating men and then condemning them for another's si...
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...
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...
_Elihu also proceeded and said._ THE PORTRAIT OF A TRUE PREACHER I. The side he has to take. “I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” Sin is a controversy with God. The true preacher has to take the s...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:2 Elihu presents his final speech as something offered ON GOD’S BEHALF. He emphasizes that, unlike Job (see Job 34:35), he has understanding that comes from ou
_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...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:20; Exodus 4:16; Ezekiel 2:7; Hebrews 13:22; J
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3