Job 35:1
After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
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In The King James Version
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
In Context
2Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
Cross References
Job 32:6And so Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite responded by saying: I am younger in years, and you are more ancient; therefore, I kept my head low, for I was afraid to reveal to you my opinion.
Matthew Henry on Job 35:1
Job being still silent, Elihu follows his blow, and here, a third time, undertakes to show him that he had spoken amiss, and ought to recant. Three improper sayings he here charges him with, and returns answer to them distinctly:—I. He had represented religion as an indifferent unprofitable thing, which God enjoins for his own sake, not for ours; Elihu evinces the contrary, ver. 1-8 . II. He had complained of God as deaf to the cries of the oppressed, against which imputation Elihu here justifies God, ver. 9-13 .… Read the whole commentary →