JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (Job 32:6). These include an announcement of his intention to speak (Job 32:6), an initial challenge to Job (ch. Job 33:1), a general dispute against what Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his remarks primarily at the three friends. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:8 Elihu plays on the words SPIRIT and BREATH in his early speeches (see also Job 33:4; Job 34:14). He probably intends this as a reminder of Job’s earlier plea (see Job 27:2), as he asserts his own right to speak. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:18 As in v. Job 32:8, Elihu claims he is not speaking by choice but by necessity. Elihu may be thinking he is like a prophet, but the reader must judge whether he is right. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]