Job 33:18 NLT,NIV,ESV

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

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 33:1-33

The Speech of Elihu. III. Job 33-34 Elihu may show us what conception of God had been formed by a young mind. If we cannot follow the thread of his argument, we can join him here and there, and consider diligently what view of the divine nature and government a mind evidently audacious and energetic, yet reverent and docile, had formed. Elihu does not come before us as necessarily young in years, but as comparatively young; he had kept silence while older men were speaking; he claims... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 33:18-33

(18) He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. (19) ¶ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: (20) So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. (21) His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. (22) Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. (23) If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:14-18

14-18 God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; of all these Elihu discourses. There was not then, that we know of, any Divine revelation in writing, though now it is our principal guide. When God designs men's good, by the convictions and dictates of their own consciences, he opens the heart, as Lydia's, and opens the ears, so that conviction finds or forces its way in. The end and design of these admonitions are to keep men from sin, particularly the sin of pride.... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 33:12-33

Of the True Relation of Sinful Man Toward God v. 12. Behold, in this thou art not just, Job was not right in making such statements. I will answer thee that God is greater than man, God, being highly exalted over mortal man, deems it below His dignity to defend Himself against attacks combined with self-glorification. v. 13. Why dost thou strive against Him, with such murmurings and contentions as Elihu had heard? For He giveth not account of any of His matters, He is not compelled to give... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 33:1-33

The Second Stage of the DisentanglementJob 33-37Elihu’s Discourses, devoted to proving that there can be really no undeserved suffering, that on the contrary the sufferings decreed for those who are apparently righteous are dispensations of divine love, designed to purify and to sanctify them through chastisement: The first half of the positive solution of the problemINTRODUCTION: ELIHU’S APPEARANCE, AND THE EXORDIUM OF HIS DISCOURSE, GIVING THE REASONS FOR HIS SPEAKINGJob 32:1 to Job 33:71.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 33:1-33

the Interpreter Job 33:1-33 It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between Job and his Maker. He dwells especially on his own likeness to Job in his manhood, and quotes this as the reason why he could specially help him: I also am formed out of the clay. So also our High Priest is man. Elihu takes up Job’s words protesting his innocence, and he insists that Job was not right in those protestations, or in the conclusions that... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 33:1-33

Elihu began his direct appeal to Job by asking his attention, assuring him of sincerity in motive, and finally declaring that he spoke to him as a comrade, not as a judge, or one who would fill him with terror. Commencing his argument, he first quoted from what Job had said. In his speeches he had declared that God had dicted him unjustly, that God was hostile to him and gave no explanation of His method. Proceeding to his answer, Elihu declared that God is greater than man, and therefore... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 33:1-33

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 , Job 34:1-37 , Job 35:1-16 , Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which presents a most remarkable message spoken by a young man of spiritual integrity. Elihu had evidently been listening to the words of Job, and of his three friends. His spirit had waxed hot within him as he listened; and yet he did not deign to make a reply until the three men utterly collapsed in their arguments and... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 33:18-33

God's Method of Grace Job 33:18-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our Scripture today Elihu is addressing Job, and his three supposed friends. Elihu had listened to the speeches of Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz. He had also heard Job's speeches, or responses, to these men. As Elihu listened his spirit was deeply moved because he saw that Job's friends had utterly missed the mark of the Divine purpose and plan, and that Job, also, had sought, in the face of their onslaught, to justify himself. Elihu is... read more

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 33:1-33

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 33:18-33

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:14-18

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 33:12-33

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 33:1-33

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 33:1-33

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 33:1-33

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 33:18-33

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