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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Elihu accuses Job (33:1-33)Turning now to Job, Elihu gives the assurance that he speaks with sincerity and with respect for the God who created him (33:1-4). He also speaks as one who is on a level of equality with Job (5-7).To begin with Elihu recalls Job’s claim to be innocent and Job’s accusation that God has treated him as if he were guilty (8-11). Elihu is shocked that a person could make such an accusation against God, and boldly rebukes Job (12-13). He suggests that if Job were quiet for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 33:14-18

Job 33:14-18. For God speaketh once, &c.— When God hath spoken once, verily he will not repeat it. Houb. Elihu, blaming Job for some intemperate expressions that he had used, and for the manner of his offence, which he thought liable to great exception, Job 33:9-11 observes, that while he pleaded his innocence so much, and called so earnestly upon God to bring him to his trial, he did not well consider the infinite distance betwixt God and man; that his own unerring wisdom was the sole... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 33:16

16. Literally, "sealeth (their ears) to Himself by warnings," that is, with the sureness and secrecy of a seal He reveals His warnings [UMBREIT]. To seal up securely (Job 37:7). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 33:1-33

Elihu’s first response to Job ch. 33This whole speech is an attempt to explain to Job why God was not responding to him. Elihu was very wordy, which he admitted in Job 32:18. In summary, he told Job that God was not silent, as Job had charged, but that He was speaking through dreams and sickness to Job. Rather than using suffering to punish Job for his sins, God was using it to prevent him from dying. Elihu said God was being merciful to Job. The three counselors had said the purpose of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 33:6-33

2. Elihu’s first speech 32:6-33:33Before Elihu began presenting his views (ch. 33), he first had to gain the attention of his elders and explain why he wanted to speak (Job 32:6-22). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:1-33

The Speeches of Elihu (continued)1-13. Elihu blames Job for regarding himself as sinless, and complaining that’ God is his enemy and will not answer him.4. Elihu feels that God is inspiring his mind to speak aright. 6. RV ’Behold, I am toward God even as thou art.’ Job need have no fear in facing a man like himself, such as he had felt about God: cp. Job 9:32; Job 13:21. 9. Cp. Job 9:21; RV Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 27:4-6. But Elihu exaggerates Job’s protestation of innocence: cp. Job 7:21; Job... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 33:16

(16) Then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth.—Comp. Job 14:17 : “My transgression is sealed in a bag.” “He openeth their ear,” that is, He showeth them that He will decree, confirm, and seal up their chastisement, the sentence that is to be executed upon them, if they will not repent. If taken in the sense of instruction, it must mean that He will complete and confirm it. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 33:1-33

Job 33:1 Why is it that the just must endure such suffering on earth? The book of Job does not solve this perplexing question. On the contrary, this very book is the Song of Songs of scepticism, and in it the loathsome serpents of doubt writhe and hiss out their everlasting 'why?' How was it that, at the return from Babylon, the pious Commission of the Temple Archives, over which Ezra presided, admitted this book into the canon of the Holy Scriptures? I have often asked myself this question. My... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

XXV.POST-EXILIC WISDOMJob 32:1-22; Job 33:1-33; Job 34:1-37A 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 Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, appears suddenly and as suddenly disappears. The implication is that he has been present during the whole of the colloquies, and that, having patiently waited his time, he expresses the judgment he has slowly formed on arguments to which he has given close... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 33:8-33

CHAPTER 33:8-33 1. Elihu rebukes Job (Job 33:8-13 ) 2. How God deals with man (Job 33:14-22 ) 3. How God in grace recovers (Job 33:23-30 ) 4. Mark well, Job, hearken unto me (Job 33:31-33 ) Job 33:8-13 . Elihu treats Job in a dignified, yet firm manner. He speaks as one who is sure of the whole matter. He has heard Job’s speeches; he knows the mistake Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar made, in treating Job as a suspicious character, a hypocrite and a godless man. No such wrong accusations are... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 33:14-18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 33:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 33:1-33

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 33:6-33

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:1-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 33:16

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 33:1-33

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 33:8-33

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