E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 36:26
is great. See note on Job 36:5 . His years. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more
is great. See note on Job 36:5 . His years. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more
can any . . . ? Figure of speech Er otesis. App-6 . spreadings = suspensions, or floatings. tabernacle = booth. Hebrew. sukkah. read more
bottom = roots or offspring, i.e. clouds. read more
JOB 36ELIHU'S FOURTH AND FINAL SPEECH (JOB 36-37):NOT WHAT ELIHU SAID; BUT THE PURPOSE OF HIS WORDS IS DETERMINATIVEWe cannot agree with many scholars who find commendable sayings in the words of Elihu. Of course, out of context, there are commendable sayings; but the invariable purpose of everything he said was that of bringing about Job's renunciation of his integrity, the same being the primary purpose of Satan himself. This is much like the speeches of certain rights activists who preached... read more
GOD'S PURPOSE SEEN IN SUFFERING"Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:He is mighty in strength of understanding.He preserveth not the life of the wicked,But giveth to the afflicted their right.He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:But with kings upon the throneHe setteth them forever, and they are exalted.And if they be bound in fetters,And be taken in the cords of affliction;Then he showeth them their work,And their transgression, that they have behaved themselves proudly.He... read more
THE BRUTAL CHARGE OF ELIHU REGARDING JOB'S SO-CALLED "WICKEDNESS""He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction,And openeth their ear in oppression.Yea, he would have allured thee out of distressInto a broad place where there is no straitness;And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked:Judgment and justice take hold on thee."The entire assumption of Elihu was sinfully presumptuous. God had not sent affliction upon Job to punish... read more
THE BALANCE OF THE DISPUTED PASSAGE"For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements;Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.Wilt thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress,Or all the forces of thy strength?Desire not the night,When peoples are cut off in their place." read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 36:25
Every man. Hebrew every ' adam . App-14 . man may behold = all mankind have gazed. read more