Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:8-13
In these verses, I. Elihu particularly charges Job with some indecent expressions that had dropped from him, reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God in his dealings with him. He does not ground the charge upon report, but was himself an ear-witness of what he here reproves him for (Job 33:8): ?Thou hast spoken it in my hearing, and in the hearing of all this company.? He had it not at second hand; if so, he would have hoped it was not so bad as it was represented. He did not hear it... read more
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