Why do you contend with Him? Elihu points out the weaknesses in both arguments but still offers nothing positive to answer the question of Job's misery. 30 The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. 15 Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight. 17 For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. 7 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. 7 Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge. 24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. It is a drama, an epic drama much like The Iliad and The Odyssey, the poems by Homer from the Greek world. These are the words which Eliphaz had heard from an angel, which, ver. 14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web. 27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: Life is too complicated for us to handle alone. make me know my crimes and offences. 26 You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind. 11 And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. 36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown? 9 At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted. The account closes with the words, And Job died, and old man, and full of days. (Romans 8:28). 25 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? 9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me. If we discuss all Job's words (saith St. Gregory), we shall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be gathered from the words of the Lord himself, chap. 5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. 20 Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree. 26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck. 6 Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. "If I knew that after I die I would live again, I would gladly wait until that time to argue my case before God!" 13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish: The region of the dead. 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(Spurgeon), iv. 13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: 23 Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war? 34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door. 3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee? 18 He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards. 4 Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. 20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night. 9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: Consider how Job is stricken with these from the top of his head to the sole of his foot. Resentful, he openly entreats them to understand. 22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand. That he may be enlightened with the light of life." The land of Hus was a part of Edom; as appears from Lam. 7 And after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me, as my servant Job hath. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. 3 But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. Job submits himself. (Job 9:32 RSV), Would that there were an umpire between us, oh that there were a daysman, a mediator between us who might lay his hand upon us both. SuscipeDomine.com and Kaesekopf Exposed, 17. 18 He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Hard on the heels of the first comes another one, and the messages keep coming in. 8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. and he judgeth as it were through a mist. 12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. I have found a ransom'; Now at last, born of his desperation, "I realize now that the only one who can adequately argue my case for me is God himself. 3 To whom hast thou given counsel? Some have said that it is perhaps even the greatest poem in all literature. 1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Johannine Writings
16 He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light. 24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. 9 His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning. Movies / TV-Series, Shows, Sports / Video Games / Music / Books, 24. They explain Scripture and help students learn and understand the meaning and application, while also giving answers for vital questions and issues. Man's industry searcheth out many things: true wisdom is taught by God alone. 2 Who hath given me before that I should repay him? 18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? 17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets. What is true is that Job actually said this and actually believed it; the truth of the statement itself must be evaluated according to the rest of the Bible. 6 My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. Now comes the final blow to Job, after all these so-called friends have had their chance with him and have tried to beat him down their arguments pounding him again and again like a club. In World War II at the opening of the war between Japan and the United States, it looked as though this conflict would be staged in the Pacific Ocean -- very likely the islands of Hawaii, for the battle began at Pearl Harbor. 10 Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit. 3 So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights. 9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots. Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high. In the opening lines of his reply, he delivers a cutting piece of irony: "I am sure you alone are the people and wisdom is going to die with you." "Behold, God works all these things, Job complains of the cruelty of his friends; he describes his own sufferings: and his belief of a future resurrection. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom: Perhaps Job stirred to respond to young Elihu; perhaps the older suffering Job simply rolled his eyes at the younger man. 13 "That thou mayst protect me in hell"... That is, in the state of the dead; and in the place where the souls are kept waiting for their Redeemer. 30 And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. My lips utter pure knowledge. He was anxious to demonstrate to Job and to the three friends of Job that he was just as good, just as spiritual, and just as wise as they were. 9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point
Yet, Elihu misunderstood this feeling of Job's because he put it in the context of Job's claim to sinless perfection. Minor Prophets
19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands. Visit the EO web site (exeout.com) to browse and download the material for church or personal use. 16 Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. 4 Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees: 14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 23 Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty? 28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. 11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly? 9 And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? Luke-Acts
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(Spurgeon). of Scripture. It is a though some Western Union telegram boy delivers a series of messages to Job about terrible catastrophes. 33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. Yet He finds occasions against me, 10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? Note from Ville Hietanen (Jerome) of ProphecyFilm.com and Against-All-Heresies-And-Errors.blogspot.com: Currently, I (but not my brother of the “prophecyfilm12” mail) have updated many of my old believes to be more in line with Vatican II and I no longer adhere to the position that Vatican II or the Protestants, Muslims, Buddhists or various Traditionalists Groups and Peoples etc. 25 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder: 26 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: And his life shall see the light.". 10 A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path. This God grants. Fisheaters Forum and Vox Clamantis Exposed, 22. He came to stand in the flesh upon the earth that man might see him face-to-face. 29 "Brother of dragons"... Imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise. 22 And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion! 28 However finish what you have begun, give ear, and see whether I lie. 11 They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst. 29 Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things. 17 Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: