Job 33:1 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:1-7

Several arguments Elihu here uses to persuade Job not only to give him a patient hearing, but to believe that he designed him a good office, and to take it kindly, and be willing to receive the instructions he was now about to give him. Let Job consider, 1. That Elihu does not join with his three friends against him. He has, in the foregoing chapter, declared his dislike of their proceedings, disclaimed their hypothesis, and quite set aside the method they took of healing Job. ?Wherefore, Job,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:1

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches ,.... In the preceding chapter, Elihu directed his discourse to the three friends of Job chiefly, here to Job himself, and that by name; which none of his friends in all their discourses ever used; and in an humble suppliant manner entreats his attention to what he was about to deliver, and that for reasons which his address to his friends could furnish him with; and hence begins his speech with "wherefore", seeing he took not the part of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches ; rather, howbeit , Job , I pray thee , hear my speech (see the Revised Version); i.e. "However you regard me personally, hear what I have to say." And hearken to all my words. Give me your full attention; do not suffer aught that I say to escape you. Elihu has a deep conviction of the importance of what he is about to utter (comp. Job 32:8 , Job 32:10 , Job 32:17 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1

The Divine correction. In the self-assurance of his competency to give wisdom to Job, and to correct his errors and to solve the mystery of his affliction, Elihu continues his speech and invites reply. "If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up." He makes his accusation against Job that he has not only affirmed his own innocence, but that he has also made charges against God. He then proceeds to vindicate the purposes of God in human affliction. "God speaketh once,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-13

Elihu's first address to Job: 1. An exposure of Job's sin. I. ELIHU BESPEAKS JOB 'S ATTENTION . This he does on four distinct grounds. 1 . That what he was about to say had been deliberately , thoroughly , and impartially weighed. (Verse 2.) He was not about to open his mouth at random or under any feeling of excitement, but after having tasted every word, as it were, in his palate—a metaphor suggestive of the wise discrimination with which both his thoughts had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to address Job himself, offering to reason out the matter in dispute with him, in God's stead. After a brief exordium (verses 1-7), he takes exception which (he says) are unjust. He next brings forward his theory of God-inflicted sufferings being, in the main, chastisements proceeding from a loving purpose, intended to purify, to strengthen, to purge out faults, to "save from the pit," to improve, and to enlighten... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 33:1

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee - In the next chapter he addresses the three friends of Job. This is addressed particularly to him.My speeches - Hebrew, “my words” - מלה millâh. This is the usual word in the Aramaen languages to express a saying or discourse, though in Hebrew it is only a poetic form. The meaning is, not that he would address separate speeches, or distinct discourses, to Job, but that he called on him to attend to what he had to say. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 33:1

Job 33:1. Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches Here Elihu addresses his speech to Job alone, (for he considered what the three friends had advanced as having been sufficiently confuted by Job in his discourse with them,) and tells him that, as he had oft desired to have a man to plead with him in God’s behalf, he would now do it, and was every way according to Job’s wish, being of the same nature with himself, and neither manifesting any dreadful majesty to affright him, nor... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Elihu accuses Job (33:1-33)Turning now to Job, Elihu gives the assurance that he speaks with sincerity and with respect for the God who created him (33:1-4). He also speaks as one who is on a level of equality with Job (5-7).To begin with Elihu recalls Job’s claim to be innocent and Job’s accusation that God has treated him as if he were guilty (8-11). Elihu is shocked that a person could make such an accusation against God, and boldly rebukes Job (12-13). He suggests that if Job were quiet for... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 33:1

JOB 33A CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF ELIHUThis chapter does nothing to improve our low estimate of the quality of Elihu's long tirade. He is patronizing, referring to Job by name, as though addressing an intimate or an inferior, something that Job's three friends had refrained from doing throughout the whole book. His talk is loaded with repetitions; and "He protests too much about his sincerity (Job 33:2f)."[1] Furthermore, he is not perfectly fair with Job. Job had never claimed absolute... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 33:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 33:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 33:1-33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 33:1

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