约伯记 33:15-20 RCUVSS

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:18

He keepeth back his soul from the pit - By the above means, how many have been snatched from an untimely death! By taking the warning thus given, some have been prevented from perishing by the pit - some sudden accident; and others from the sword of the assassin or nocturnal murderer. It would be easy to give examples, in all these kinds; but the knowledge of the reader may save this trouble to the commentator. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:19

IV. By Afflictions He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, etc. - Afflictions are a fourth means which God makes use of to awaken and convert sinners. In the hand of God these were the cause of the salvation of David, as himself testifies: Before I was afflicted, I went astray, Psalm 119:67 , Psalm 119:71 , Psalm 119:75 . The multitude of his bones - By such diseases, especially those of a rheumatic kind, when to the patient's apprehension every bone is diseased, broken, or... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:20

His life abhorreth bread - These expressions strongly and naturally point out that general nausea, or loathing which sick persons feel in almost every species of disorder. 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 33:8-33

Elihu's first discourse: the guilt of man in the sight of God. I. JOB 'S CONFIDENCE IN HAS INNOCENTS CENSURED . ( Job 33:8-11 .) Elihu gathers up in brief some of those sayings of Job which had shocked his ear and scandalized his spiritual conscience. Job had asserted his own purity, and had accused God of enmity against his person (compare Job's words, Job 9:21 ; Job 10:7 ; Job 16:17 ; Job 23:10 ; Job 27:5 , Job 27:6 ; Job 10:13 , seq.; Job 19:11 ; Job 30:21 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-17

Divine voices. I. THE ADVENT OF THE DIVINE VOICES . Elihu reminds us of Eliphaz, yet with a difference. Both men believe in superhuman influences, in God-sent messages, But Eliphaz tells of a stately vision, an awful and overwhelming apparition; Elihu, on the other hand, is satisfied with dream-voices. God approaches man in various ways. The most awe-inspiring is not necessarily the most instructive. Dreams have been continually recognized among the channels of Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-33

Elihu's first address to Job: 2. The philosophy of Divine instruction. I. THE METHODS OF DIVINE INSTRUCTION . 1 . Through the medium of dreams. The dreams, or visions, referred to were supernatural revelations in early times imparted to men, when the spirit, probably wrapt in meditation on Divine things, was cast into a deep sleep, such as fell on Adam at the creation of Eve ( Genesis 2:21 ). That nocturnal dreams usually find their psychological basis in the mental... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the sight . So God spoke to Abimelech ( Genesis 20:3-7 ), to Jacob ( Genesis 31:11 ), to Laban ( Genesis 31:24 ), to Joseph ( Genesis 38:5 , Genesis 38:9 ), to the Pharaoh whom Joseph served ( Genesis 41:1-7 ), to Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:5 ), to Daniel ( Daniel 2:19 ), to Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 2:28 ; Daniel 4:5-18 ), and to many others. Sometimes men recognized such visions as Divine communications; but sometimes, probably quite as often, they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction . At such times, Elihu holds, God gives men spiritual wisdom, instructs them, makes them understand his dealings with them and his purposes with respect to them. If Job is perplexed concerning the Almighty's ways with himself, and desires explanations, let him have his ear open to the Divine teaching on such occasions, and seriously lay it to heart. He will thus, it may be, find his perplexity diminished. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:17

That he ( i.e. God) may withdraw man from his purpose ; literally, from his work, assumed to be a wrongful work. Elihu regards the Divine teaching through visions as intended to elevate and purify men. Sometimes God so works upon them as to make them abandon an evil course on which they had entered. Sometimes his object is to save them from indulgence in an evil temper into which, without his help, they might have fallen. In this latter case he may occasionally hide pride from man. ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:8-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:17

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