Job 35:7

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 35:7

7. (Psalms 16:2; Proverbs 9:12; Luke 17:10). read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 35:1-16

4. Elihu’s third speech ch. 35We could chart the differences in Elihu’s first three speeches this way.Elihu’s SpeechJob’s question that Elihu answeredJob’s charge that Elihu refutedFirstWhy doesn’t God respond to me?God is insensitive (ch. 33).SecondWhy doesn’t God relieve me?God is unjust (ch. 34).ThirdWhy doesn’t God reward me?Holiness is unprofitable (ch. 35).Job felt that God should have rewarded him for his innocence, rather than subjecting him to suffering. Elihu replied that man’s sin or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 35:4-16

Elihu’s defense of God’s freedom 35:4-16Elihu made two responses to what he inferred was Job’s attitude. First, he claimed that God is under no obligation to react to people’s actions be they good or bad. He is free to respond or not respond as He chooses. God is above the human sphere of life and only reacts to people when He chooses to do so. This is a thought Eliphaz had expressed earlier (Job 22:2-3; Job 22:12). However, Elihu went further by pointing out that people’s actions do affect... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 35:1-16

The Speeches of Elihu (continued)1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion.2. Right] RV ’thy right,’ thy just cause.3. If I he cleansed from my sin] RV ’more than if I had sinned.’4. Thy companions] those who held the same views.5-8. Elihu points to the infinite distance between God and man, and shows that He cannot be injured by the evil or benefited by the good which we do. But a man’s conduct is most... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 35:1-16

Job 35:10 Do we not fail to accord to our nights their true value? We are ever giving our days the credit and blame of all we do and misdo, forgetting those silent, glimmering hours when plans and sometimes plots are laid; when resolutions are formed or changed; when heaven, and sometimes heaven's enemies, are invoked; when anger and evil thoughts are recalled, and sometimes hate made to inflame and fester; when problems are solved, riddles guessed, and things made apparent in the dark, which... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 35:1-16

XXVI.THE DIVINE PREROGATIVEJob 35:1-16; Job 36:1-33; Job 37:1-24AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God." {Job 34:9} This he laid hold of as meaning that the Almighty is unjust, and the accusation has been dealt with. Now he resumes the question of the profitableness of religion."Thinkest thou this to be in thy right, And callest thou it ‘My just cause before God,’ That thou dost ask... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 35:1-16

CHAPTER 35 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1-8 ) 2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9-16 ) Job 35:1-8 . Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this is sound judgment, what he had said, “My righteousness is greater than God’s righteousness.” This was the logical conclusion which Elihu drew from some of his words. Because God did not care for him the sufferer what profit was it to him if he had not sinned? Then Elihu answers and his friends as well by... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 35:1-16

Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deals with God's character being vindicated, while now God's character is seen in the way He tests all mankind. There are three divisions in the chapter, the first of which indicates that GOD IS INFINITELY GREATER THAN MAN (vv.1-8) "Do you think this is right? Do you say, My righteousness is more... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 35:1-16

WORDS OF ELIHU ; WORDS OF GOD Elihu now comes forward with apparent modesty, and yet great pretensions. Young and inexperienced, he is nevertheless indignant at the manner in which the friends of Job have sought to reply to him. Professing that his views have been revealed from above, he undertakes to clear up all the difficulties in the case. Afflictions are for the good of the sufferer is his dictum, a thought which he exhibits in various lights. He, too, reflects upon Job for his... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 35:1-16

The Speech of Elihu. IV. Job 35-37 Elihu says many beautiful things. There is some difficulty in tracing the uniting line of his numerous remarks, but the remarks themselves often glitter with a really beautiful light. Many of the independent sayings are like single jewels. We need not always look for the thread upon which the pearls are strung: sometimes it is enough to see the separate pearls themselves, to admire, to value, and spiritually to appropriate all their helpful suggestion.... read more