Job 34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous ,.... Not in express words, but what amounted to it: no doubt he was a righteous man in an evangelic sense, being justified by the righteousness of Christ, as all the Old Testament saints were, who looked to him and believed in him as the Lord their righteousness, and said, as the church in those times did, "surely in the Lord have I righteousness and strength"; Isaiah 45:24 . And moreover he was an upright man, to which the Lord himself bore testimony, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:6

Should I lie against my right ?.... No; I ought not: this though Job had not said in so many words, yet this seems to be his sense in Job 27:4 ; that should he own and say that he was a wicked man, a hypocrite, and destitute of the grace of God, he should not only speak against himself, but, contrary to his conscience, say an untruth, and not do justice to his character. Some read the words without an interrogation, as Mr. Broughton, "for my right I must be a liar;' that is, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:7

What man is like Job ,.... This is said as wondering at the part he acted, that a man so wise and good as Job was esteemed to be should behave in such a manner as he did; who drinketh up scorning like water ? For a foolish and wicked man to do so is not strange nor uncommon; but for a man of such sense and grace as Job was to do this was astonishing; to have no more regard to his character than to expose himself to the scorn and ridicule of men: for a man to become a laughing stock... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity ,.... The worst of men, who make it their constant business and employment to commit sin: and walketh with wicked men ; the most abandoned of mankind. Not that Job kept company with such, and walked with them in all excess of not; nor did Elihu think so; Job was "a man that feared God, and eschewed evil", and evil men; he was "a companion of them that feared the Lord"; his delight was "with the excellent of the earth": nor should a good... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:9

For he hath said ,.... Not plainly and expressly, but consequentially; what it was thought might be inferred from what he had said, particularly in Job 9:22 ; it profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God ; in his house and ordinances, ways and worship; he may as well indulge himself in the pleasures of sin, and in the delights of the world, if God destroys the perfect and the wicked, as Job had said in the place referred to; if this be the case, it is in vain to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:10

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding ,.... The same persons he addresses as wise men and men of knowledge, Job 34:2 ; and here as men of understanding, or "heart" F26 אנשי לבב "viri cordis", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis. ; the heart being the seat of wisdom and knowledge; and such Elihu desired to be his hearers, to attend to what he was about to say; which was to refute the words of Job, or his sense expressed in the preceding verses; far be it from God that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:11

For the work of a man will he render unto him ,.... The reward of his work, as Ben Gersom interprets it, whether the work of a wicked man or of a good man: and cause every man to find according to his ways . Which is a truth frequently inculcated in the Scriptures; and will take place especially at the resurrection of the dead, which is for that purpose, and at the final judgment, by the righteous Judge of all; for, though wicked men may not be punished now according to their deserts,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:12

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly ,.... This truth is repeated and affirmed in the strongest manner; or "will not condemn", as the Vulgate Latin version, and so the Targum, that is, he will not condemn the righteous; for, though he may afflict them, which is done that they may not be condemned with the world, he will not condemn them; for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ; his righteousness, by which they are justified, secures them from all condemnation; neither will... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:13

Who hath given him a charge over the earth ?.... Or who hath committed the earth unto him, and made it his care and charge? Is there any above him that has put him into this post and office? Under whose direction and command is he, and to whom is he accountable? None at all; he is no deputy or sub-governor: the kings of the earth are under him, and they have others subordinate to them; but he above all, higher than the highest: he is sole Governor of the world in his own right, by right of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:14

If he set his heart upon man ,.... Not his love and affections; though there are some he does in this sense set his heart on, and whose souls at death he gathers to himself, but with this sense the next verse will not agree; but to destroy him, as Jarchi adds by way of explanation; if he gives his mind to it, is set upon it and resolved to do it, none can hinder him; or sets himself against him in an hostile way, the issue must be entire ruin and destruction to the race of men; but it is... read more

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