Job 34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:35

Job hath spoken without knowledge ,.... Not that Job was an ignorant man, either in things natural or divine; but in this point, about the chastening hand of God upon him, he had said some things which betrayed lack of knowledge, as in Job 34:5 ; and his words were without wisdom ; Job was not destitute of human wisdom, nor of spiritual wisdom, but no man is wise at all times; some things had dropped from him which savoured of folly and ignorance, and which he afterwards was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:36

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end ,.... This is my opinion, or what "I bring in" F15 אבי "pro" אביא "adducam", so some in Codurcus: "haec autem in medio affero", Tigurine version; "adduco", Schultens. adduce, and lay before you, men of understanding and wisdom, and leave it with you to consider of. Some render it, "O my Father, let Job be tried", &c.; as if it was an apostrophe to God, and a request to him; so Mr. Broughton, who adds, "which art in heaven,' ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:37

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin ,.... Or he "may" or "will" add F21 יסף "addet"; Montanus, Mercerus, Drusius, Cocceius, so in the next clauses. , if he is suffered to go on at this rate, and is not stopped; as yet he has only committed, it may be charitably hoped, some sins through ignorance, error, and mistake, but if he is let alone he will proceed from evil to evil, to more ungodliness; to be guilty of presumptuous sins, of open treason and rebellion against God; he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34

Elihu begins with an exhortation to Job's friends, Job 34:1-4 ; charges Job with accusing God of acting unrighteously, which he shows is impossible, Job 34:5-12 ; points out the power and judgments of the Almighty, vv. 13-30; shows how men should address God, and how irreverently Job has acted, Job 34:31-37 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:3

The ear trieth words - I do not think, with Calmet, that the inward ear, or judgment, is meant simply. The Asiatics valued themselves on the nice and harmonious collection of words, both in speaking and in writing; and perhaps it will be found here that Elihu labors as much for harmonious versification as for pious and weighty sentiments. To connect sense with sound was an object of general pursuit among the Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian poets; and so fond are the latter of euphony, that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:4

Let us choose to us judgment - Let us not seek the applause of men, nor contend for victory. Let our aim be to obtain correct views and notions of all things; and let us labor to find out what is good. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:5

Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2 , etc., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he had asserted his own righteousness, and in a different sense to that in which Elihu appears to take it up. He asserted that he was righteous quoad the charges his friends had brought against him. And he never intimated that he had at all times a pure heart, and had never transgressed the laws of his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:6

Should I lie against my right? - Should I acknowledge myself the sinner which they paint me, and thus lie against my right to assert and maintain my innocence? My wound is incurable without transgression - If this translation is correct, the meaning of the place is sufficiently evident. In the tribulation which I endure, I am treated as if I were the worst of culprits; and I labor under incurable maladies and privations, though without any cause on my part for such treatment. This was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:7

Drinketh up scorning like water? - This is a repetition of the charge made against Job by Eliphaz, Job 15:16 . It is a proverbial expression, and seems to be formed, as a metaphor, from a camel drinking, who takes in a large draught of water, even the most turbid, on its setting out on a journey in a caravan, that it may serve it for a long time. Job deals largely in scorning; he fills his heart with it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity - This is an allusion to a caravan: all kinds of persons are found there; but yet a holy and respectable man might be found in that part of the company where profligates assembled. But surely this assertion of Elihu was not strictly true; and the words literally translated, will bear a less evil meaning: "Job makes a track ארח arach , to join fellowship, לחברה lechebrah , with the workers of iniquity;" i.e., Job's present mode of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 34:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 34:8

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