JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:1 Elihu calls on “wise men” to hear Job’s contention that he is in the right (vv. Job 34:2) and “men of understanding” to hear Elihu’s argument against this claim (vv. Job 34:10). He presents both groups as those who will agree with Elihu against Job (vv. Job 34:35). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:3 PALATE TASTES FOOD. Truth is discerned through hearing, just as the quality of food is discerned through tasting. Job used this same proverb earlier to challenge his friends (Job 12:11). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, i... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:8 Elihu describes Job as one who WALKS with EVILDOERS and WICKED MEN, a path that the wise are called to avoid (see Psalms 1:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:9 Although Job had stated that the wicked and the righteous seem to suffer the same fate, he did not say precisely what Elihu quotes him here as saying. Job had governed his own life by DELIGHT IN GOD (see Job 23:10); he had argued that it was the _wicked_ who live as if service t... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:10 Elihu’s argument against Job results in the same dilemma that the three friends had: either Job is in the right or God is in the right, but it cannot be both (see Job 8:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:23 GOD HAS NO NEED TO CONSIDER A MAN FURTHER. Job has been asking for an opportunity to present his case before either God or some human judge, but Elihu says that God has already acted and does not need to give further consideration to Job’s or any other person’s case. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:26 Elihu suggests that Job has been struck FOR ALL TO SEE because he has TURNED ASIDE from following the Lord’s WAYS by mistreating the POOR and AFFLICTED. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:34 Elihu says that any who are truly MEN OF UNDERSTANDING or WISE would agree with him, and that Job speaks like a fool who is WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE or INSIGHT. Furthermore, Elihu wishes that God’s supposed judgment against Job would be taken to its logical END, because Job’s words ex... [ Continue Reading ]