Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Job 36:12
they shall perish by the sword:
Heb. they shall pass away by the sword
they shall perish by the sword:
Heb. they shall pass away by the sword
Verse Job 36:12. _BUT IF THEY OBEY NOT_] This also is a _general rule_, from which, in the course of Providence, there are only few, and those only _apparent_, deviations. Instead of _they shall peri...
BUT IF THEY OBEY NOT - If those who are afflicted do not turn to God, and yield him obedience, they must expect that he will continue their calamities until they are cut off. THEY SHALL PERISH BY THE...
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
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...
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...
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....
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...
_BUT IF THEY OBEY NOT, THEY SHALL PERISH BY THE SWORD, AND THEY SHALL DIE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE._ Perish by the sword - (Job 33:18). WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE - in, i:e., on account of, their foolishness (Job...
36:12 sword, (a-12) Or 'dart.'...
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...
WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE] without learning God's lessons....
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...
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...
וְ אִם ־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּ שֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑ר
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...
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die (g) without knowledge. (g) That is, in their folly or obstinacy, and so shall cause their own destruction....
_Folly. Hebrew, "without knowledge." He speaks of princes, (Calmet) and of all the wicked, who have not known the day of their visitation. (Haydock) --- They shall suffer the punishment prepared for f...
(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...
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...
BUT IF THEY OBEY NOT,.... Who seem to be righteous and are not; and when afflicted are not submissive to the will of God; attend not to the voice of his providence; receive no instruction thereby; but...
_But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge._ Ver. 12. _But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword_] _In gladium transibunt,_ they shall pass...
_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...
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, falling into the dart or some other sharp weapon which takes away their life, AND THEY SHALL DIE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, breathing out their soul in ig...
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....
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...
IF THEY; the righteous, spoken of JOB 35:7, opposed to the hypocrites here following, JOB 35:13; for even good men may sometimes be disobedient to Divine admonitions, and may suffer deeply, yea, even...
Job 36:12 obey H8085 (H8799) perish H5674 (H8799) sword H7973 die H1478 (H8799) knowledge H1847 if -...
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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 36:1 Elihu concludes his lengthy speech. ⇐ ⇔...
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. ⇐
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)....
_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...
Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 29:15; Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 3:11;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3