Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 34:23
For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should (q) enter into judgment with God.
(q) God does not afflict man above measure so that he should have opportunity to contend with him.
For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should (q) enter into judgment with God.
(q) God does not afflict man above measure so that he should have opportunity to contend with him.
Verse Job 34:23. _FOR HE WILL NOT LAY UPON MAN_] The meaning appears to be this: He will not call man a second time into judgment; he does not try a cause twice; his decisions are just, and his senten...
FOR HE WILL NOT LAY UPON MAN MORE THAN RIGHT - Very various translations have been given of this verse. According to our common version, it means that God will not deal with man in such a manner as to...
CHAPTER 34 _ 1. Hear my words ye wise men (Job 34:1)_ 2. The refutation of Job's accusation of God (Job 34:5) 3. Job needs testing to the end (Job 34:31)...
Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him. In Job...
The verse reads probably, For he needeth not to consider a man further, That he should come before God in judgment. The meaning is that no inquisition on God's part is needed of a man, beyond his e...
God's strict justice may be seen in His government of the peoples and their princes alike. His justice is unerring, for it is guided by omniscient insight. Punishing oppression, it avenges the cause o...
This just rule of God operates unfailingly, being guided by infallible insight....
3. God is supreme, sees every hidden thing, and is an impartial judge. (Job 34:16-30) TEXT 34:16-30 16 If now _thou hast_ understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even...
_FOR HE WILL NOT LAY UPON MAN MORE THAN RIGHT; THAT HE SHOULD ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH GOD._ (1 Corinthians 10:13; Lamentations 3:32; Isaiah 27:8.) Better, as Umbreit, 'He does not (needs not to
34:23 him (f-11) Or 'that he should go.'...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to be...
RV 'For he needeth not further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment.' God at the same time sees and judges every act: there is no need to set apart a special time for trying man...
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 34 ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...
In Job’s country, a judge would select a day when he would act as judge. Everyone who needed the judge’s help would wait for that day. But on that day, they could go to his court. On that day, the jud...
FOR HE WILL NOT LAY UPON MAN MORE THAN RIGHT — _i.e.,_ so much that he should enter into judgment with God. This is probably the meaning, as the Authorised Version; but some render, “He needeth not ye...
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א עַל ־אִ֭ישׁ יָשִׂ֣ים עֹ֑וד לַ
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...
THE ALMIGHTY MUST BE JUST Job 34:1 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate co...
Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job had...
_Man. Hebrew, "He will not lay upon man (Calmet) more than right (Protestants; Haydock) to," &c. After once passing sentence, all is over. (Calmet) --- When man has fallen into sin, he cannot with a g...
(13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall peri...
3. NOW ON TO CHAPTER 34 H. Job 34:1-9 (NKJV) Elihu further answered and said: 2 "Hear my words, you wise [men]; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. 3 For the ear tests words As the palate taste...
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...
FOR HE WILL NOT LAY UPON MAN MORE [THAN RIGHT],.... Neither in a way of duty, his law being holy, just, and good, not any of his commandments grievous, but all his precepts concerning all things right...
For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God. Ver. 23. _For he will not lay upon men more than right_] _Plus quam par est._ He cannot over do likely, _N...
_There is no darkness_, &c. The workers of iniquity may flatter themselves, or deceive others, by covering their wicked actions with plausible pretences and professions, but they cannot deceive God, n...
For He will not lay upon man more than right, that is, God does not need to wait long for any examination which He desires to make, for He has all men before His eyes continually, THAT HE SHOULD ENTER...
PROOF OF THE DIVINE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of1 Corinthians 10:15, "I speak as to...
ENTER: _ Heb._ go...
16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumpti...
MORE THAN RIGHT; more or heavier punishments than they deserve, or than are proportionable to their sins, which he accurately observes, as was now said, and therefore can suit punishments to them. THA...
Job 34:23 consider H7760 (H8799) man H376 go H1980 (H8800) God H410 judgment H4941 he will -...
Job 34:1. _Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat._ I wish that verse was...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. He magnifies God's holiness. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: It is absurd and unreasonable to multiply words in complaint against God's ways....
Job 34:5. _Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment._ See on Job 27:2. Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of him, th...
_If now thou hast understanding, hear this._ ELIHU’S REMONSTRANCE I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the ab...
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—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 a...
_ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH_ Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1.—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence probabl...
EXPOSITION JOB 34:1 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special friends, or ot...
Furthermore Elihu went on then [Job didn't answer], he said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; give ear unto me, that have knowledge. For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat (Job 34:1-3). That'...
Daniel 9:7; Ezra 9:13; Isaiah 42:3; Jeremiah 2:5; Job 11:6;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3