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Explanation
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Elihu began in chapter 34
and continues through 37.
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1 ¶ Elihu also proceeded,
and said,
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Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's
behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge
from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words
shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
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- Fetch my knowledge Elihu thought He knew about God. |
5 ¶ Behold, God is mighty,
and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6 He preserveth not
the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they
on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they be bound
in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then he sheweth them
their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 He openeth also their
ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and
serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in
pleasures.
12 But if they obey
not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites
in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth,
and their life is among the unclean. |
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- Life of the wicked Elihu though Job would die because of
his sins.
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- Kings are established but may be punished So Job certainly
would not escape. |
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¶ He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears
in oppression.
16 Even
so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where
there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should
be full of fatness.
17 But
thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take
hold on thee.
18 Because
there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great
ransom cannot deliver thee. |
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19 Will
he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Desire
not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Take
heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
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22 Behold,
God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
23 Who
hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? |
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24 ¶
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Every
man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
26 Behold,
God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years
be searched out.
27 For
he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the
vapour thereof:
28 Which
the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. |
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Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his
tabernacle?
30 Behold,
he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For
by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32 With
clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud
that cometh betwixt.
33 The
noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. |
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- Noise of his tabernacle By "tabernacle" he means the clouds
that were spread.
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- Noise Thunder.
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- "He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike."
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- "His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm."
(NKJV).
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- Cattle They seek shelter having heard
the thunder and seeing the clouds. |