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Selected Verse: Job 33:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 33:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Surely thou hast spoken [0559] in mine hearing [0241], and I have heard [08085] the voice [06963] of thy words [04405], saying, |
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King James |
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| thy words-- (Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 23:11-12; Job 27:5-6; Job 29:14). In Job 9:30; Job 13:23, Job had acknowledged sin; but the general spirit of his words was to maintain himself to be "clean," and to charge God with injustice. He went too far on the opposite side in opposing the friends' false charge of hypocrisy. Even the godly, though willing to confess themselves sinners in general, often dislike sin in particular to be brought as a charge against them. Affliction is therefore needed to bring them to feel that sin in them deserves even worse than they suffer and that God does them no injustice. Then at last humbled under God they find, affliction is for their real good, and so at last it is taken away either here, or at least at death. To teach this is Elihu's mission. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing - Margin, as in Hebrew "ears." This shows that Elihu had been present during the debate, and had attentively listened to what had been said. He now takes up the main point on which he supposed that Job had erred - the attempt to justify himself. He professes to adduce the very words which he had used, and disclaims all design of judging from mere hearsay. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
8 Verily thou hast said in mine ears,
And I heard the sound of thy words:
9 "I am pure, without transgression;
"Spotless am I, and I have no guilt.
10 "Behold, He findeth malicious things against me,
"He regardeth me as His enemy;
11 "He putteth my feet in the stocks,
"He observeth all my paths."
12 Behold, therein thou art not right, I will answer thee,
For Eloah is too exalted for man.
With אך אמרתּ Elihu establishes the undeniable fact, whether it be that אך is intended as restrictive (only thou hast said, it is not otherwise than that thou ... ), or as we have translated, according to its primary meaning, affirmative (forsooth, it is undeniable). To say anything בּאזני of another is in Hebrew equivalent to not saying it secretly, and so as to be liable to misconstruction, but aloud and distinctly. In Job 33:9, Elihu falls back on Job's own utterances, as Job 9:21, תם אני; Job 16:17, תפלתי זכה; Job 12:4, where he calls himself צדיק תמים, comp. Job 10:7; Job 13:18, Job 13:23; Job 23:10, Job 27:5, Job 29:1, Job 31:1. The expression חף, tersus, did not occur in the mouth of Job; Geiger connects חף with the Arab. hanı̂f (vid., on Job 13:15); it is, however, the adj. of the Semitic verb חף, Arab. ḥff, to rub off, scrape off; Arab. to make smooth by scraping off the hair; Targ., Talm., Syr., to make smooth by washing and rubbing (after which Targ. שׁזיג, lotus).
(Note: Vid., Nldecke in Genfey's Zeitschrift, 1863, S. 383.)
אנכי has here, as an exception, retained its accentuation of the final syllable in pause. In Job 33:10 Elihu also makes use of a word that does not occur in Job's mouth, viz., תּנוּאות, which, according to Num 14:34, signifies "alienation," from נוּא (הניא), to hinder, restrain, turn aside, abalienare, Num 32:7; and according to the Arab. na'a (to rise heavily),
(Note: Nevertheless Zamachschari does not derive Arab. nâwâ, to treat with enmity, from Arab. n', but from nwy, so that nâwa fulânan signifies "to have evil designs against any one, to meditate evil against one." The phrases iluh ‛alêji nijât, he has evil intentions (wicked designs) against me, nı̂jetuh zerı̂je aleik, he has evil intentions against thee, and similar, are very common. - Wetzst.)
III to lean one's self upon, to oppose any one; it might also signify directly, "hostile risings;" but according to the Hebr. it signifies grounds and occasions for hostile aversion. Moreover, Elihu here recapitulates what Job has in reality often in meaning said, e.g., Job 10:13-17; and Job 33:10 are his own words, Job 13:24, ותחשׁבני לאויב לך; Job 19:11, ויחשׁבני לו כצריו; Job 30:21, תהפך לאכזר לי. In like manner, Job 33:11 is a verbatim quotation from Job 13:27; ישׁם is poetic contracted fut. for ישׂים rof .. It is a principal trait of Job's speeches which Elihu here makes prominent: his maintenance of his own righteousness at the expense of the divine justice. In Job 33:12 he first of all refutes this צשּׁק נפשׁו מאלהים in general. The verb צדק does not here signify to be righteous, but to be in the right (as Job 11:2; Job 13:18) - the prevailing signification in Arabic (sadaqa, to speak the truth, be truthful). זאת (with Munach, not Dech) is acc. adv.: herein, in this case, comp. on Job 19:26. רבה מן is like Deu 14:24 (of the length of the way exceeding any one's strength), but used, as nowhere else, of God's superhuman greatness; the Arabic version has the preposition Arab. ‛an in this instance for מן. God is too exalted to enter into a defence of Himself against such vainglorying interwoven with accusations against Him. And for this reason Elihu will enter the lists for God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Surely thou hast spoken - What Elihu speaks here, and in the three following verses, contains, in general, simple quotations from Job's own words, or the obvious sense of them, as the reader may see by referring to Job 13:27 (note); Job 14:16 (note), and Job 31:4 (note), and also to the notes on those passages. |
23 How many are mine iniquities [05771] and sins [02403]? make me to know [03045] my transgression [06588] and my sin [02403].
30 If I wash [07364] myself with [07950] snow water [04325] [01119], and make my hands [03709] never [01252] [01253] so clean [02141];
14 I put [03847] on righteousness [06664], and it clothed [03847] me: my judgment [04941] was as a robe [04598] and a diadem [06797].
5 God forbid [02486] that I should justify [06663] you: till I die [01478] I will not remove [05493] mine integrity [08538] from me.
6 My righteousness [06666] I hold [02388] fast, and will not let it go [07503]: my heart [03824] shall not reproach [02778] me so long as I live [03117].
11 My foot [07272] hath held [0270] his steps [0838], his way [01870] have I kept [08104], and not declined [05186].
12 Neither have I gone back [04185] from the commandment [04687] of his lips [08193]; I have esteemed [06845] the words [0561] of his mouth [06310] more than my necessary [02706] food.
17 Not for any injustice [02555] in mine hands [03709]: also my prayer [08605] is pure [02134].
7 Thou knowest [01847] that I am not wicked [07561]; and there is none that can deliver [05337] out of thine hand [03027].
24 And if the way [01870] be too long [07235] for thee, so that [03588] thou art not able [03201] to carry [05375] it; or if the place [04725] be too far [07368] from thee, which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977] to set [07760] his name [08034] there, when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee:
26 And though after [0310] my skin [05785] worms destroy [05362] this body, yet in my flesh [01320] shall I see [02372] God [0433]:
18 Behold now, I have ordered [06186] my cause [04941]; I know [03045] that I shall be justified [06663].
2 Should not the multitude [07230] of words [01697] be answered [06030]? and should a man [0376] full of talk [08193] be justified [06663]?
12 Behold, in this thou art not just [06663]: I will answer [06030] thee, that God [0433] is greater [07235] than man [0582].
27 Thou puttest [07760] my feet [07272] also in the stocks [05465], and lookest narrowly [08104] unto all my paths [0734]; thou settest a print [02707] upon the heels [08328] of my feet [07272].
11 He putteth [07760] my feet [07272] in the stocks [05465], he marketh [08104] all my paths [0734].
21 Thou art become [02015] cruel [0393] to me: with thy strong [06108] hand [03027] thou opposest [07852] thyself against me.
11 He hath also kindled [02734] his wrath [0639] against me, and he counteth [02803] me unto him as one of his enemies [06862].
24 Wherefore hidest [05641] thou thy face [06440], and holdest [02803] me for thine enemy [0341]?
10 Behold, he findeth [04672] occasions [08569] against me, he counteth [02803] me for his enemy [0341],
13 And these things hast thou hid [06845] in thine heart [03824]: I know [03045] that this is with thee.
14 If I sin [02398], then thou markest [08104] me, and thou wilt not acquit [05352] me from mine iniquity [05771].
15 If I be wicked [07561], woe [0480] unto me; and if I be righteous [06663], yet will I not lift up [05375] my head [07218]. I am full [07649] of confusion [07036]; therefore see [07202] [07200] thou mine affliction [06040];
16 For it increaseth [01342]. Thou huntest [06679] me as a fierce lion [07826]: and again [07725] thou shewest thyself marvellous [06381] upon me.
17 Thou renewest [02318] thy witnesses [05707] against me, and increasest [07235] thine indignation [03708] upon me [05978]; changes [02487] and war [06635] are against me.
7 And wherefore discourage ye [05106] [05106] the heart [03820] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from going over [05674] into the land [0776] which the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] them?
34 After the number [04557] of the days [03117] in which ye searched [08446] the land [0776], even forty [0705] days [03117], each day [03117] for a year [08141] [03117] [08141], shall ye bear [05375] your iniquities [05771], even forty [0705] years [08141], and ye shall know [03045] my breach of promise [08569].
10 Behold, he findeth [04672] occasions [08569] against me, he counteth [02803] me for his enemy [0341],
15 Though [02005] he slay [06991] me, yet will I trust [03176] in him: but I will maintain [03198] mine own ways [01870] before [06440] him.
1 I made [03772] a covenant [01285] with mine eyes [05869]; why then should I think [0995] upon a maid [01330]?
1 Moreover Job [0347] continued [03254] [05375] his parable [04912], and said [0559],
5 God forbid [02486] that I should justify [06663] you: till I die [01478] I will not remove [05493] mine integrity [08538] from me.
10 But he knoweth [03045] the way [01870] that I take [05978]: when he hath tried [0974] me, I shall come forth [03318] as gold [02091].
23 How many are mine iniquities [05771] and sins [02403]? make me to know [03045] my transgression [06588] and my sin [02403].
18 Behold now, I have ordered [06186] my cause [04941]; I know [03045] that I shall be justified [06663].
7 Thou knowest [01847] that I am not wicked [07561]; and there is none that can deliver [05337] out of thine hand [03027].
4 I am as one mocked [07814] of his neighbour [07453], who calleth [07121] upon God [0433], and he answereth [06030] him: the just [06662] upright [08549] man is laughed to scorn [07814].
17 Not for any injustice [02555] in mine hands [03709]: also my prayer [08605] is pure [02134].
21 Though I were perfect [08535], yet would I not know [03045] my soul [05315]: I would despise [03988] my life [02416].
9 I am clean [02134] without transgression [06588], I am innocent [02643]; neither is there iniquity [05771] in me.
4 Doth not he see [07200] my ways [01870], and count [05608] all my steps [06806]?
16 For now thou numberest [05608] my steps [06806]: dost thou not watch [08104] over my sin [02403]?
27 Thou puttest [07760] my feet [07272] also in the stocks [05465], and lookest narrowly [08104] unto all my paths [0734]; thou settest a print [02707] upon the heels [08328] of my feet [07272].