Job 34:21
What meaning of the job 34:21 in the Bible?
What does Job 34:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings."
What does Job 34:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings."
FOR HIS EYES ARE UPON THE WAYS OF MAN - None can escape from his notice; compare Psalms 139:2....
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) Job 34:1. In beginning this part of the ad...
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...
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...
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 HIS EYES ARE UPON THE WAYS OF MAN, AND HE SEETH ALL HIS GOINGS._ God's omniscience and omnipotence enable Him to execute immediate justice. He needs not to be long on the "watch," as Job thought...
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...
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...
HIS EYES ARE UPON THE WAYS OF MAN. — He is not only just and mighty, but He is also all-wise; He cannot therefore err....
כִּי ־עֵ֭ינָיו עַל ־דַּרְכֵי ־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽ כָל ־צְעָדָ֥יו יִרְאֶֽה׃...
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 Bar...
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 c...
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...
(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 HIS EYES [ARE] UPON THE WAYS OF MAN,.... Which denotes the omniscience of God, which reaches to every man, to every individual, and to all men in general; and to their ways, to every step taken by...
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Ver. 21. _For his eyes are upon the ways of man_] God's providence (like a well drawn picture, that eyeth each one in the room) o...
_In a moment shall they die_ Whensoever God doth but give the word, and send his summons for them. The rich and the prince, no less than the poor, must submit to the law of death, which God hath impos...
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 t...
God is not ignorant or misinformed, He knows exactly what people are doing, even those who seek to hide their sins in the darkness. "God has all the facts in every case. Unlike human judges, God has n...
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 presumptio...
This is added as the reason of the judgments mentioned in the foregoing verse, God doth not afflict nor destroy either princes or people unjustly, no, nor out of his mere pleasure and absolute soverei...
Job 34:21 eyes H5869 ways H1870 man H376 sees H7200 (H8799) steps H6806 Job 31:4; Genesis 16:13; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 34:15, Psalms 139:23; Proverbs 5:21,
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 34:10). H...
_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 probab...
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 o...
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'...
2 Chronicles 16:9; Amos 9:8; Genesis 16:13; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 32:19; Job 31:4; Proverbs 15:3; Proverbs 5:21; P
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, _Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 36:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which presents a most remarkable message sp...
For — God doth not destroy either prince or people unjustly, no nor out of his mere pleasure, but for their sins, which he sees exactly, although they use all possible arts to hide them....