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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:8-13

In these verses, I. Elihu particularly charges Job with some indecent expressions that had dropped from him, reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God in his dealings with him. He does not ground the charge upon report, but was himself an ear-witness of what he here reproves him for (Job 33:8): ?Thou hast spoken it in my hearing, and in the hearing of all this company.? He had it not at second hand; if so, he would have hoped it was not so bad as it was represented. He did not hear it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:8

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing ,.... After the above preface, Elihu proceeds to the point in hand, and enters a charge against Job; which he took up, not upon suspicion and surmisings, nor upon report, nor upon accusations received from others, but what he had heard with his own ears, unless he was greatly mistaken indeed, which he thought he was not: and I have heard the voice of thy words ; the sound of them, clearly and distinctly, and took in the sense of them, as he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:9

I am clean without transgression ,.... This with what follows is supposed to be gathered from Job 10:6 ; for this is nowhere said by Job in express words; though I rather think, since Elihu so peremptorily affirms that they were spoken in his hearing, that these words and the following did drop from Job's lips, in the controversy with his friends, though not recorded; for we are not to suppose that everything that was said on both sides is preserved, only so much as the Holy Ghost thought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:10

Behold, he findeth occasions against me ,.... That is, sought in order to find them; so Job in some places suggests, that God inquired after his sins, and sought diligently after them, that he might have something to bring against him; and because he could not find great sins, gross enormities, he sought after lesser sins; so some render the word, "staggerings", "totterings" F8 תנואות "vacillationes", Cocceius; "aut mutationes", Michaelis. ; frailties, failings, and infirmities; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:11

He putteth my feet in the stocks ,.... This also he had said, Job 13:27 ; by which he would suggest not only that his afflictions were painful and disgraceful, and from which he could not extricate himself, being close fettered by them; but that they were inflicted on him as punishments, and he was treated as a criminal, as a malefactor, who had been guilty of some notorious breach of the law: he marketh all my paths ; looked narrowly at them, numbered and counted them; this also he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:8

Surely thou hast spoken - What Elihu speaks here, and in the three following verses, contains, in general, simple quotations from Job's own words, or the obvious sense of them, as the reader may see by referring to Job 13:27 ; (note); Job 14:16 ; (note), and Job 31:4 ; (note), and also to the notes on those passages. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:11

He putteth my feet in the stocks - See the note on Job 13:27 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-13

Elihu's first address to Job: 1. An exposure of Job's sin. I. ELIHU BESPEAKS JOB 'S ATTENTION . This he does on four distinct grounds. 1 . That what he was about to say had been deliberately , thoroughly , and impartially weighed. (Verse 2.) He was not about to open his mouth at random or under any feeling of excitement, but after having tasted every word, as it were, in his palate—a metaphor suggestive of the wise discrimination with which both his thoughts had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to address Job himself, offering to reason out the matter in dispute with him, in God's stead. After a brief exordium (verses 1-7), he takes exception which (he says) are unjust. He next brings forward his theory of God-inflicted sufferings being, in the main, chastisements proceeding from a loving purpose, intended to purify, to strengthen, to purge out faults, to "save from the pit," to improve, and to enlighten... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:8

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying . Elihu does not quote exactly what Job had said. He probably intended to be perfectly fair and just, but in reality he greatly overstates the truth. Job had never said the words he ascribes to him in verse 9; at best they are an inference, or deduction, from what he had said. And he had said a great deal on the other side, which Elihu overlooks (see the comment on verse 9). read more

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