Job 36

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 36:21

MORE CONDEMNATION OF JOB FROM ELIHU"Take heed, regard not iniquity:For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.Behold, God doeth loftily in his power:Who is a teacher like unto him?Who hath enjoined him his way?Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?"The various versions afford little help in understanding exactly what Elihu intended by some of the things said here; but given his invariable purpose of forcing Job to renounce his integrity, we can easily see how vigorously he... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 36:24

THE GLORIES OF GOD'S CONTROL OF HIS CREATION"Remember that thou magnify his work,Whereof men have sung.All men have looked thereon;Man beholdeth it afar off.Behold, God is great, and we know him not;The number of his years is unsearchable.For he draweth up the drops of water,Which distill in rain from his vapor,Which the skies pour downAnd drop upon man abundantly.Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,The thunderings of his pavilion?Behold he spreadeth his light around him;And he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:1

CHAP. XXXVI. Elihu sets forth the justice of God in all his ways, and extols the greatness of his power and providence. Before Christ 1645. Job 36:1. Elihu also proceeded— Elihu goes on to lay before Job the impropriety of his behaviour towards God, and desires him to consider how vain it will prove; that God is Almighty, and will never yield the point, that he will administer impartial justice to all men: Job 36:2-6.; that the general course of his providence is, to favour the righteous; and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:4

Job 36:4. He that is perfect in knowledge— Though the perfection of knowledge be with thee: Heath; who thinks that this alludes to Job's sarcasm, chap. Job 12:2. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:5

Job 36:5. Despiseth not any— Will not yield to any. Heath. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:9

Job 36:9. That they have exceeded— How they have set him at defiance. Heath. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:15

Job 36:15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction— Whilst, or, but he delivereth, &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:16

Job 36:16. Even so would he have removed thee, &c.— He would have also screened thee from the edge of the broad sword, against which nothing can make resistance; and the provision of thy table should have been full. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:20

Job 36:20. Desire not the night— Desire not the night that thou mayest oppress the afflicted, expecting nothing less: Houbigant. But Heath renders it, Wish not earnestly for the night, to descend to the lower regions; and the 21st verse, Beware, look not upon iniquity, so as to choose it rather than affliction. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 36:27

Job 36:27. For he maketh small, &c.— Who causeth the exhalations of the waters to mount on high, which form the rain in his clouds, (Job 36:28.) when the heavens pour down. read more

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