Job 35:1
Moreover Eliu spoke these words :
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
In Context
2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?
Cross References
Job 32:6Then Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said : I am younger in days, and you are more ancient; therefore hanging down my head, I was afraid to shew 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 →