Job 36

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:7

7. But with kings… are exalted Read, And (even) with kings on the throne he makes them sit forever, and they are exalted. The moral elevation that attends the life of the righteous, though in another sphere, is not inferior to that of royalty. It emblems forth their future exaltation of which Elihu unconsciously speaks when they shall become “kings and priests unto God.” The subsequent allusion to fetters leads Grotius to think that the speaker has in view the advancement of Joseph... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:8

Strophe b The sufferings the righteous experience are intended to be restorative, and at the same time to promote temporal and spiritual prosperity; failing of this, they entail destruction, Job 36:8-12. 8. Fetters and cords are used in a figurative sense. Arab writers, cited by Hitzig, formulate the thought thus: “Sickness is God’s prison on the earth.” However lofty the elevation of the righteous, he is not beyond the afflictive hand of God; nay, quite as certainly as upon the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:9

9. That they have exceeded The Authorized Version is ambiguous; the literal reading is, “They show themselves strong.” In other words, God declares to them that they act proudly, (against him;) one of the dangers of extreme prosperity. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:10

10. Openeth… ear As in Job 33:16. Iniquity Vanity, און . Its root idea is to be “empty,” “worthless.” See note on Job 5:12, and Job 21:19. Elihu, with profound insight, more like that of the New Testament, (1 John 2:15-17,) penetrates to the root of Job’s trouble, and finds it to be the incipient love of an “empty” world, (worldliness,) the first side-steppings of a soul that otherwise retains its faith in God. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:11

11. Prosperity Literally, good, which is a more comprehensive term. Job, in describing the pious man’s destiny, (Job 21:25,) declared that such an one had not enjoyed the good, literally, “had not eaten in the good.” Elihu now replies that the servants of God spend their days in the good, since such service is necessarily a well-spring of the true good. Pleasures The original of this word, as also in Psalms 16:6, literally signifies “pleasantnesses,” (plural form,) and, like the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:12

12. Without knowledge See note on Job 4:21. They die without that knowledge of God which is the eternal weal of the soul. Or it may refer to the stupor which sin brings, an unconsciousness of deep guilt that in general beclouds the wicked when dying. “For there are no bands in their death.” Psalms 73:4. (See MERCEIN, Natural Goodness, see. 2.) read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:13

Strophe c Hypocrisy of heart provokes the wrath of God a wrath which is cumulative, since the soul defiantly resists the divine chastisement, Job 36:13-15. 13. Hypocrites The Hebrew hhaneph frequently means also “impure.” In the opinion of some Elihu now specifies a third class. Heap up wrath Thus Rosenmuller, Carey, etc. Others, however, read cherish wrath, ( against God.) But not the less do the “hypocrites in heart,” though they know it not, heap up wrath; or, as the apostle... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:14

14. They die Better, as in margin, their soul dieth. (Hengstenberg, Hitzig, etc.) Soul is here in contrast with life in the second clause. “Passages like it in the Proverbs would support the idea of spiritual death.” Tayler Lewis. Hypocrisy enervates, undermines, and destroys man’s moral being no less certainly than licentiousness does his physical being. The divine mind may class hypocrisy and licentiousness more closely together than we would deem possible, even as the hypocrite and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:15

15. In his affliction Or, by his affliction. The sanctified endurance of suffering becomes the instrument for its removal. Openeth their ears by means of distress. He “openeth their ear” that it may hearken to his voice and obey his will. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:16

β . AN APPLICATION TO JOB OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLES, ENFORCED BY A POINTED EXHORTATION, Job 36:16-21. Strophe a An affectionate God seeks to lure the soul out of the narrow straits of trouble into the broad and rich experiences of spiritual prosperity: but if the soul prove contumacious against God, and be filled with the counsel of the wicked, then there is danger of destruction, from which no ransom shall avail to deliver, Job 36:16-18. 16. Even so… thee Literally, “God also allures... read more

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