This chapter, with the following, contains Elihu's fourth and last discourse, the principal view of which is to vindicate the righteousness of God; which is done by observing the dealings of God with men in his providence, according to their different characters, and from the wonderful works wrought by him in a sovereign manner, and for the benefit of his creatures.
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Job 36
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Job 36 — OverviewJob 36 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleElihu, 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…Job 36 — OverviewJob 36 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 36:1, Elihu shews how God is just in his ways; Job 36:16, How Job’s sins hinder God’s blessings; Job 36:24, God’s works are to be magnified.Job 36:1-4Job 36:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleOnce more Elihu begs the patience of the auditory, and Job's
particularly, for he has not said all that he has to say, but he will
not detain them long. Stand about me a little (so some read it), v. 2.
"Let me…Job 36:1-21Job 36:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryElihu to Job: 3. A sermon on the Divine administration.
I. THE PREACHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF.
1. As having something further to say. A man who has nothing to communicate should not emerge from the safe regions of…Job 36:1-33Job 36:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 36:1-33Job 36:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe two chapters, Job 36:1-33; Job 37:1-24, form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the middle of a description of a thunderstorm. They…