Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Job 32:4
waited till Job had spoken:
Heb. expected Job in words
elder than he:
Heb. elder for days
waited till Job had spoken:
Heb. expected Job in words
elder than he:
Heb. elder for days
NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED - Margin, as in Hebrew, expected Job in words. The meaning is plain, that he had waited until all who were older than himself had spoken. BECAUSE THEY WERE ELDER THAN HE - Margin,...
CHAPTER S 32--33:7 _ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_ 2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6) 3. His address to Job (Job 33:1) Job 32:1. As
Prose introduction, explaining the intervention of Elihu. Observe that whereas Job and his friends are introduced without genealogy it is not so with Elihu. His name means He is my God, that of Barach...
_waited till Job had spoken_ Rather, WAITED TO SPEAK UNTO JOB, lit. _waited for Job with words_. Elihu had waited (till the friends spoke) prepared to address Job, as he now does....
TEXT 32:1-6a So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. (2) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Jo...
_SO THESE THREE MEN CEASED TO ANSWER JOB, BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHTEOUS IN HIS OWN EYES._ Prose (poetry begins with "I am young," Job 32:6). Verse 1. BECAUSE ... - and because they could not proves to hi...
32:4 speaking, (c-9) Lit. 'awaited Job during [his] words.'...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with surpri...
Elihu was polite. He respected the older men. He did not interrupt them. ELIHU THOUGHT THAT THE OTHER MEN SHOULD BE WISE V6 So, Elihu (son of Barakel, who belonged to the people called Buzites) spok...
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 32 ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...
NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN. — Literally, _Had waited in words for or regarding Job;_ that is, as some understand it, had waited to speak unto Job, or, more probably, had waited till the...
וֶֽ אֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת ־אִ֭יֹּוב בִּ דְבָר
XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son of Bara...
ELIHU ENTERS Job 32:1 The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of...
The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because (d) they [were] elder than he. (d) That is, the three mentioned before....
(4) Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. (5) When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. Elihu modestly c...
Elihu's Speeches I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had just replied to Zophar's speech. 1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...
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...
NOW ELIHU HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN,.... Made an end of speaking, until he had thus expressed himself, "the words of Job are ended", Job 31:40: and waited likewise until his three friends had sai...
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he. Ver. 4. _Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken_] Yea, though his speech was very long, yet he heard him out, though him...
_Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu_ Elihu, a new personage, here makes his appearance. Attentive, all the while, to the debate between Job and his friends, he utters not a word till both sides have...
Now, Elihu, who may have been present from the beginning of the debate or had heard at least a large part of it, HAD WAITED TILL JOB HAD SPOKEN, until he had finished his entire argument, all that he...
THE PAUSE AFTER JOB'S SPEECH...
Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...
Elihu had been patient. He had waited to speak because he was younger than Job's three friends. Deferring to age was. custom in the East (Job 29:8). __...
1-5 Job's friends were silenced, but not convinced. Others had been present. Elihu was justly displeased with Job, as more anxious to clear his own character than the justice and goodness of God. Eli...
ELIHU HAD WAITED with patience, as the word notes. TILL JOB; add, _and his three friends_, as appears from the following words. It is a synecdoche, whereof instances have been given before. THEY WERE...
Job 32:4 older H2205 H3117 Elihu H453 waited H2442 (H8765) speak H1697 Job H347 waited till Job had spoken - Heb. expected Job in words,...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends. CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved when injury is plainly do...
Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...
_Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu._ ANALYSIS OF ELIHU’S SPEECH After the introduction Elihu reproves Job, because he had claimed too much for himself, and had indulged in a spirit of complaining a...
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). Th
NOTES Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been consid...
EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...
So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu. So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of E...
Job 32:11; Job 32:12; Proverbs 18:13...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3
'Till Job — And his three friends....