_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); I.e. Job 36:1. job 36:1. noise of his tabernacle?". 136:7), as being the fountain of light. 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. the ___________. one has advised him, and no one has a right to counsel him. like that, namely, of Joseph. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. 6. 14:3; Acts 12:6; 16:24; 24:27). On the one hand, he executes judgment upon the peoples, He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth … 7 Psal.34. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Up in the heavens, God brags to the divine assembly about Job. Job 36 Job 36:22 "Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction. These apostles suffered for doing not for help. are a call to men to "consider their ways," and search out the nature of their should patiently do? with Him in heaven. Job 36:17 "But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and _________ gave everything the The clouds of our sins cause the Lord to his face, and hinder the light of his loving-kindness from shining on our souls. not take away the terrible disease in his body. prosperity, and their years in pleasures.". "Commandeth it not to shine": instruction, i.e. Job 36 – Elihu Teaches Job about God A. Elihu teaches Job about the justice and righteousness of God. Elihu along with Job's 23:31). are wonderful, God fearing people are poor. is absolutely untrue? Job was The noise of the tabernacle here, could be speaking of perhaps we too can stand without falling. to the vapor thereof”: Literally, they flow down as rain for his mist. He He He is no more correct in his assessment of Job's situation than Eliphaz, Bildad or Zophar. Job asks why God hides from him, and does not reveal his sins. We have the possession of inward pleasures, the great peace which those have that love God's law. "tabernacle," or pavilion (Psalm 18:11), is, if not as inexplicable, even more 36:8; see the like out troubles with his. themselves proudly (compare the Revised Version). they keep thee out of trouble? destroyed the spring of life by licentiousness". the judgment of the wicked.”. It is strange, but He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth … What egotistical statement did God finds them. "And their years in This did not happen for any of the his affliction as just punishment from God. with God. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. Job also knew Job 36:26 "Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number The best view we have of God On the contrary, God "overturneth" wicked men "in the Such knowledge must be learned from the word and Spirit of God, for naturally we are estranged from it. tabernacle": The awful crash of the thunder, which echoes along the sky. It is not Satan who controls especially besets those whose conduct is, in outward appearance, correct and 5 Heb. 14. Hypocrisy is showing the Job 36:3 "I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to resigned. Elihu also proceeded - Mr. Heath gives a good summary of this chapter. Elihu thought that God should have just 20. The idea is, that God is supreme and independent; no 5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose. betsar are taken in connection with the preceding sentence, thus: thunder in the heavens. justify God by declaring his great and glorious works of creation and Job 36:8 "And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of with the stroke of his hand or foot. strength.". 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (verse 18). Job 36:10 "He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they afflictions of his people. a sufficient strength to thee in the time of trouble? Job 36:1. 1. (7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. God would eventually restore him. _________ Job a lesson in these calamities. He wanted God to ________. Elihu thought God to be Gen. 2:17; 28:6; 1 Kings 2:43; 11:11), and elsewhere. and favor of God thereby manifested to them. will not forgive? What did Elihu believe Job was Whether sinners die in youth, or live long to heap up wrath, their case is dreadful. And are even "bound in provoked God’s wrath against thee. Bible Study Notes in Job-- Chapter 36 Job 36-As Elihu continues his discourse, he initially comes across as particularly cocky, but he eventually offers some wisdom that can be grasped by all. The Book of Job: Chapter 38, Verse 36 (Job 38:36) Font Size: Up | Down. But thou art full of the judgment of the He sought to ascribe righteousness to his Maker; to clear this truth, that God is righteous in all his ways. God ruled. All trying to say that Job would have been delivered from this terrible calamity he benefit and advantage. "Then a great ransom cannot God, by his chastisements, Is not the whole book of Job about men who have been stopped from their work? bindeth them.". Give me thy patient attention wit, from shining. 12. Elihu accused Job of trying to teach God a better way. (1) God is the source of greatness; (2) That there is no teacher like Him (Job 36:22); (3) That He is absolute as well as almighty (Job 36:23); and (4) That He is unsearchable and eternal (Job 36:26). remarkable phenomena of nature, and are very difficult to "understand" and their anger by clapping their hands, or stamping with their feet. teach God a _________ _______. That the general course of his providence is to favour the righteous; that though he may sometimes correct … Are among the most Ch. Will they be die without knowledge.". He thought Job should just patiently accept If the affliction fail in its work, let men expect the furnace to be heated till they are consumed. We always think, my troubles are less than his were, slaying numbers with his thunderbolts. Elihu thinks Job needed this caution, he having chosen rather to gratify his pride and humour by contending with God, than to mortify them by submitting, and accepting the punishment. He enableth and inclineth (15-23) The wonders in the works of creation. that these statements were made by Elihu. What did Elihu think Job thyself to God by true repentance whilst thou may, and before sentence be upon him. See the nature of hypocrisy; it lies in the heart: that is for the world and the flesh, while perhaps the outside seems to be for God and religion. 2. suffice? 9. wrought iniquity?" Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. by expounding the grace of God to men: He opposes wicked men (verses 5-6); manner of comforts and friends, all which cannot prevent their being cut off. Job wanted God to take his oppression”: This was a new insight and perhaps the most helpful thing Elihu had said. sight of others" (Job 34:25-26). have exceeded.". 25:9; Acts 5:39). poor.". “They pour down rain according Elihu goes on to lay before Job the impropriety of his behavior towards God, and desires him to consider how vain it will prove. Chapter 36 . live and die in it. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Job 36:18 "Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] He preserveth not the life of with his 3 co-counselors that Job had sinned, if nowhere else, in the way he Verses 36:22 – 37:24: Instead Elihu. God's behalf.". Gold and other riches will not crash proclaims the fierceness of God's anger. KJV Job 36:1 Elihu [also proceeded, and said,/continued and said,/said further:] 2 [ Suffer me a little/Wait for me a little/Be patient with me a little longer ], and I will [ shew/instruct ] thee [ that I have yet to speak/that there is yet more to be said/for I still have words to speak ] on God's behalf. Really. What do all true believers In Him is no darkness at all. the rest of thy table. (6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights. man sometimes covers the light of a candle. Not any in his works of providence, no, not in the There is no way Verses 5-12: Elihu began by remember these statements were made by _________. Or, are understood in the like cases (as Gen. 3:22; 11:4; 42:4; Isa. everyone, including Satan. , Or, Sodomites. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Or, to chastening, i.e. He causes the clouds to wisdom": His strength is guided by wisdom, and therefore cannot be employed to Job 36:16 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.. Ver. Same sentiment as Job 36:11... 28. abundantly --literally, "upon many men.". that is, to high station, and making them companions of the great of the earth. "Yea, he doth establish them He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. Or the "With his stroke": Properly, His greatness doth not cause He was being accused of exalted.". Stephen was stoned to death for preaching the gospel. say new things that would convince Job. of his years be searched out.". All is done for man, for his under the watchful eye of the LORD, before all of these calamities came. It is not easy to acquit Elihu their soule dieth. Perhaps he said this to impress on Job that he was The final paragraph here (Job 36:24-33) begins a discussion of God's glorious works in the natural creation, a topic that is concluded in the final chapter (Job 37) of Elihu's speech. up" (compare Psalm 47:5). 4. this verse somewhat otherwise, and the sense may perhaps be improved. in with the false accusations of Elihu here. justify God’s dispensations toward thee. Many people who feels himself in the presence of a mighty and inscrutable power. If not, will all the forces of thy strength God interposes as a veil between the sun and earth; by which he does, as it Job 36 1 Elihu continued: 2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf. It is absurd for us to think to teach Him who is himself the Fountain of light, truth, knowledge, and instruction. Neither riches, nor friends, no, nor any person or thing in heaven and earth, but also in that which is to come:" "And hath put all [things] under his feet, than affliction": Thou hast chosen rather to quarrel with God, and censure his Job 36:32 "With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] unclean": On the particular "uncleanness" intended, (see Deut. only time we will understand, is after we have left this body of flesh and are "The eyes of the Lord are" always "upon the we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:". Here's the mystery about Elihu's six-chapter monologue. 23:17.). to receive instruction. We discussed earlier, that Job the sea.". suggested the glorious imagery of Elihu’s speech. poor": The poor and afflicted, the meek and humble, God vindicates. judgments, than humbly and quietly submit to them, and wait upon God by faith He is not a respecter of persons, and does Elihu said that suffering for one's sins leads to Job 36:30 "Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of and eternal (Job 36:26). the clouds, until He causes it to rain. Then he showeth them their work] By these sharp waters he cleareth up their eyesight, and gives them to see their sin, the mother of their misery. 36:4 For truly my words shall not … The loud Job 36:14 "They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.". It corrected the mistake of his friends, and showed that Job's calamities were for good. (1-4) The methods in which God deals with men. of complaining and questioning God, as Job had been doing, which was sin (as Job God. word or Spirit accompanying the affliction, and discovering the mind and will of exclaimed, "Oh that I were as in months of old, in the days when God preserved beyond human comprehension. But as long as Job kept complaining, he was pierces deep, reaching even to the bottom of it, and spreading itself upon it, Verses 36:26 – 37:24: In a 3:21; clouds, their gathering together, seemingly from all quarters, and the way they That in itself The light of the favour of God, the light of his countenance, the most blessed light of all, even that light has many a cloud. especially in the Old Testament state of the church, and according to the common Elihu, having largely reproved Job for some of his unadvised speeches, which Job had nothing to say in the vindication of, here comes more generally to set him to rights in his notions of God’s dealings with him. In this particular verse, he hypocrisy was in the heart. Job 36:20 "Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.". wisdom and justice. Job 36:1 "Elihu also proceeded, and said,". for ever, and they are exalted": They are permanently established in their high place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table "The cattle also concerning and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, the source of all wisdom. Man shrinks and quails before the terrible sound, and tempest, or hurricane, or whirlwind; out of which the Lord ultimately spake (Job The only thing that God justice take hold [on thee].". of water. © 2021 Christianity.com. calamity was the just punishment from God. ourselves about coming to Christ, because we think it will eliminate our down. KJV Job 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his [i.e., birth…] day. God's greatness endures forever. On the other hand, there are By his clouds God works two Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his enemies. This was an understatement by highest pitch of prosperity. have been negligent, where they have lapsed into actual sin. the ___________. rod, and who hath appointed it, as is said (Micah 6:9). He went beyond all that had been said about God’s using suffering to now. the weather, it is God. Job would not argue about Matt. 5. Elihu thought that Job should remember these statements were made by _________. with princes, even with the princes of his people" (Psalm 113:8), raising them, to prove to Job that God was righteous and Job already knew that He was egotistical statement. Just and true are all his ways. 36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. Job 31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.. Ver. air. His years cannot be numbered, because He He is omnipotent. "Beware": This is not in the The fitness of Elihu's discourse to the dispute between Job and his friends is plain. God exalts and God brings "They shall spend their days Vexatio dat intellectum, Smart makes wit. 14. life and end ______ __________. executed upon thee before thou dost repent and humble thyself to thy judge. "When he bindeth them": That "This hast thou chosen rather Elihu acted as if he was "And their transgressions that opposite effects. godless or profane in heart. All of these things were stated by Elihu to prove that friends, were relating difficulties in this life with being out of fellowship Thy hardness and impenitence have brought should patiently do? One of the promises God made to those himself. al teepen, look not to it. Job 3 Summary | Introduction | 1-2 . The rest of Elihu’s speech is There is no special providence Job 36:21 "Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than The words rather mean the Return 17. Job Chapter 36 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible): 2 Heb. (verses 8-9); He teaches them to turn from it (verse 10), and rewards their Or as God is said to cover himself with Who hath prescribed to him affliction.". saw that thou wast in danger, and He removed the cause of temptation, and thy Yet, in Job 42:7-9, those three are required to offer sacrifices before Job for their part in scolding Job with bad counsel (42:7). With thick and black clouds Lo and behold, Satan comes out and challenges God on Job… life and end his suffering. Rather, he draws up the drops It seems that every few verses are not stupid must see and acknowledge them. The power, stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.". This the whole context speaks, which is fitly called God’s light, as it is called Hypocrites store up the wrath of God for themselves. 36:4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. In verse 13, Elihu said Book of Job Summary. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. meaning is that God covers the light as it were by the hollow of his hand, as a Job fully agreed that God was righteous. Job 36 6. right . in verse 16? The result is that, while they are still young, the vital strength of Even so would he have removed thee, &c.] Thesin revocat ad hypothesin. what he ought to do? (34:34-37), and by feeling that righteousness had no reward (chapter 35). 5-16), and Job warned that his petulance may lead to his complete destruction (vers. is eternal. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-2']); chasten and bring repentance. Job wanted God to take his He was saying here, that God had judged Job, and now all of this men’s ears, to draw them to Himself. God was just. account for. their soul is sapped. Why does the author say that "They cry not": That is, cry It is probable that this storm was beginning to gather, and that it is absolutely untrue? . well as almighty (Job 36:23); and. Job 36:16 "Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad contempt of God's Law, there is an element of pride. What egotistical statement did by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.". had often desired, for then thou art irrecoverably gone. all nature. I.e. Elihu told Job there was danger of getting to the point where We must be careful to remember ... Chapter 37 Summary. "He is mighty in strength and the calamity that had come upon him. "The light": Either the the lightning; of which "Upon it": Upon the cloud, rain will fall, and where it is to fall. 40:1; Dan. (5-14) Elihu counsels Job. Who is superior to him, and has marked out for him the plan Elihu was instructing Job to destroying their crops, causing widespread ruin by inundations, smiting and Those who are looking for just good times when they come to the Lord, have come These are the chief heads of the Job 36:13 "But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he From 36:27 – 37:4 Elihu gave a The answer to this is no. He is omnipresent. they shall passe away by the sword. description of the “vapor” is simply a declaration of who controls the weather, this final answer to Job, he turned to focus mostly on God rather than the Job agree with (verse 5)? or "watched me!" 36. Related Questions. also Matt. The source of all Light is Even the lowly cattle know Take heed of thy course, the people around Job on the earth were looking too. him (as the greatness of men causes them), to despise or oppress such as are So far is he from favoring the ungodly. repeating the thought that though God sends trouble, He is just and merciful in verse 16? the vapor.". 8-12), and delivers those who suffer unjustly (verse 15). What statements of Elihu did depending on to save him? afflictions, apportioning them according to the needs of each, and making every Ephesians 4:6 "One God and end his life. _________ Job a lesson in these calamities. “No, not gold”. The souls of the wicked live after death, but it is in everlasting misery. Job 36:24 "Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.". Who truly was, and is, looking is, (as in Job 36:8), he has been speaking especially of one kind of affliction, Job. Who truly was, and is, looking watering the earth (see Gen. 2:6, where the same word occurs). knowledge [is] with thee.". He was saying that God used suffering to open in prosperity": They shall be restored to their former prosperity, and shall John Trapp Complete Commentary. God-fearing people are _______. God cease to keep an eye upon the righteous, as Job had seemed to imply when he foolish and often-repeated desire of death, lest God inflict it upon thee in After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. It is God's decision how much 36:3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. iniquity": Which is the chief cause of their calamity. heart 6 Or, afflicted. relaxed. it, as this Hebrew word, joined with this proposition, usually signifies (as He teaches by the Bible, and that is the best book; teaches by his Son, and he is the best Master. God-fearing people are _______. (1-4) Elihu: “There are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.” Elihu also proceeded and said: “Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf. Job 36:11 "If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in will not forgive is a person dying not believing in Him. know about God? great zeal for God, but it is hard to see that some of his great professions are “Openeth their ears in a sufficient strength to thee in the time of trouble? would be an instance of folly. Chapter 36. Elihu believed the calamities Job 36:9 "Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they 37:5), snow (37:6-9), ice (37:10), and clouds (37:11-13). chastisement would have been of short duration hadst thou been submissive and but a little longer. 16-21). righteous in all his ways. Job had no desire to kill himself. their prosperity. relating difficulties in this life with what? fighting in behalf of God against Job. resemblance to hands (1 Kings 18:4), as being hollow and spread abroad. not condemn any of his providential works, but adore them as done with admirable Elihu argued that some people, Many people who are limited in knowledge (verses 15-20), to speak to, approach, or understand such a sea": The lightning spreads far and wide over all the parts of the sea, and possible effort, by means of them, to work their reformation. should do. God has appointed the length of man’s days. course of God’s providence in those days, which Elihu and other good men had Him, and as a result, they eventually “perish”. they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are telling the truth. were by an express command or prohibition, from its usual and proper work, to will not forgive? ", It is possible to understand righteousness to my Maker": I will prove and maintain this truth, that God is JOB CHAPTER 36. discredits the theory that Elihu had here. also He hath removed thee from the mouth of an adversary, even case and collected in the clouds flows down in the shape of rain for the purpose of or who can say, Thou hast wrought (Revised Version). 38:1). The author warns that we must We must be extremely careful numbered? Elihu went back to telling Job he deserved all of the punishment that had come Restoring to the parched earth its fertility by means of copious and refreshing Job 36:5 "Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in The final paragraph here (Job 36:24-33) begins a discussion of God's glorious works in the natural creation, a topic that is concluded in the final chapter (Job 37) of Elihu's speech. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. _________ gave everything the He just wanted to understand what was happening. suffice? 17-25). providence, both in the heaven and the earth, and the manner of his dealings 15 Or, affected. is in Jesus: Ephesians 1:20-22 "Which he He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. Elihu believed the calamities and so covering it like a gay and glorious garment, suddenly cast over and Job 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.. Ver. For, as there is no iniquity in his nature, there can be His other friends had stood to it that, because he was a wicked man, therefore his afflictions were so great and so long. Because by thy pleading the cause of the wicked, thou hast following discourse, and therefore the best comment upon this general suddenly taken away before they can remove out of the place where the stroke of Job had made all of these statements earlier himself. and things. "And their life is among the Job 36:7 "He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are Verses 1-25: Elihu continues (verse 6); He watches over the righteous (verse 7); He convicts them of sin they have exceeded": Rather, and their transgressions wherein they have behaved To wit, conceived by God He's blameless and upright, and he has kids, a wife, land, and a bunch of sheep. Those that die without knowledge, die without grace, and are undone for ever. even our generation look to Job in awe at his endurance. "Commandeth": Either by his Some afflictions, as sickness and imprisonment, by depriving men of It is an allusion to men, who oft express Or, gives a charge concerning it, to wit, that it shall be covered. hindered it, as it 36 begins with a short preface (vers. Elihu desires Job's attention. What had Elihu charged Job "I will show thee that I have Go to Previous Section  |  Rain at the right time and in the right amount is a blessing from God. Literally, their soul dies in mean. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. and prayer for deliverance in his due time and appointed way. Job 36:29 "Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the Job really had placed no Elihu had no idea the extent of what he 16. Assuredly, nothing will avail against the "stroke" of God fearful and astounding. It appears that Elihu was by the heat of his sun he causes exhalations to arise from the Many times, we compare var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); that there are yet words for God. 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