約伯記 36:12-14 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 36:5-14

Elihu, being to speak on God's behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of his will, but according to the eternal rules of equity. God acts as a righteous governor, for, I. He does not think it below him to take notice of the meanest of his subjects, nor does poverty or obscurity set any at a distance from his favour. If men are mighty, they are apt to look with a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:12

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 kick against the pricks, and rebel, against God; complain of him, and murmur at his dealings with them: they shall perish by the sword ; or they shall pass away out of the world by it, or by some missive weapon: they shall die a violent death, by the sword of justice, of the civil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:13

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath ,.... Or "and the hypocrites" F19 וחנפי "et hypocritae", Montanus; "et loripedes", Schultens. ; for these are the same with the disobedient in Job 36:12 ; who seem to be righteous, but are not; pretend to what they have not; have a double heart, Psalm 12:2 , or say one thing with their mouth, and mean another thing in their hearts; or with their mouths draw nigh to God, but their hearts are far from him, Matthew 15:8 ; and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:14

They die in youth ,.... They, or "their soul" F21 נפשם "anima eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.; ; which, though that dies not, being immaterial and immortal; yet being the principal part of man, is put for the whole person, and which being taken away, the body dies. All men must die, but all do not die at an age; there is a common term of human life, Psalm 90:10 ; some few exceed it, multitudes arrive not to it; such... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 perish by the sword, the meaning of the Hebrew יעברו בשלח beshelach yaaboru , is, "By a dart they shall pass by." They shall be in continual dangers, and often fall before they have lived out half their days. Mr. Good translates: They pass by as an arrow. The Vulgate: Transibunt per gladium . "They shall pass away by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:13

But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey , the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - " Though he binds them, yet they cry not."... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:14

They die in youth - Exactly what the psalmist says, "Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days," Psalm 55:23 . Literally, the words of Elihu are, "They shall die in the youth of their soul." Their life is among the unclean - בקדשים bakedeshim , among the whores, harlots, prostitutes, and sodomites. In this sense the word is used, though it also signifies consecrated persons; but we know that in idolatry characters of this kind were consecrated to Baal and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-21

Elihu to Job: 3. A sermon on the Divine administration. I. THE PREACHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF . 1 . As having something further to say. A man who has nothing to communicate should not emerge from the safe regions of obscurity which Providence designs he should adorn. But alas! of preachers, orators, lecturers, talkers, who babble on without contributing anything to elucidate their themes or enlighten their hearers, however much to gratify themselves, the number is legion.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-33

The two chapters, Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 , 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 description of a thunderstorm. They constitute a final appeal to Job, who is exhorted to submission, resignation, and patience, in consideration of God's inscrutability, and of his perfect justice, wisdom, and strength. Job 36:1-33 begins with a short preface ( Job 36:1-4 ), in which Elihu seeks to prove his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:5-17

The perfectness of the Divine ways. Elihu continues to speak on God's behalf. He defends the Divine ways from what he esteems to be Job's reflections upon them. He will fain "ascribe righteousness ' to his "Maker." The perfectness and justness of the ways of him who is "mighty in strength and wisdom" is traced by Elihu in many instances. Though greatly exalted, God does not look disdainfully upon man; nor doth he despise the work of his own hands. His perfect work is seen— I. IN HIS ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 36:5-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 36:5-17

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