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Selected Verse: Job 33:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 33:14 |
Strong Concordance |
For God [0410] speaketh [01696] once [0259], yea twice [08147], yet man perceiveth [07789] it not. |
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King James |
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. |
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] |
| Translate, "Yet, man regardeth it not"; or rather, as UMBREIT, "Yea, twice (He repeats the warning)--if man gives no heed" to the first warning. Elihu implies that God's reason for sending affliction is because, when God has communicated His will in various ways, man in prosperity has not heeded it; God therefore must try what affliction will effect (Joh 15:2; Psa 62:11; Isa 28:10, Isa 28:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For God speaketh once - The object of what is here said is, to show the reason why God brings affliction upon people, or to explain the principles of his government which Elihu supposed had been sadly misunder stood by Job and his friends. The reason why he brings affliction, Elihu says, is because all other means of reclaiming and restraining people fail. He communicates his will to them; he speaks to them again and again in dreams and visions; he warns them of the error of their course Job 33:14-17, and when this is all ineffectual he brings upon them affliction. He lays them upon their bed where they must reflect, and where there is hope that they may be reclaimed and reformed, Job 33:18-28.
Yea, twice - He does not merely admonish him once. He repeats the admonition when man refuses to hear him the first time, and takes all the methods which he can by admonition and warning to withdraw him from his wicked purpose, and to keep him from ruin.
Yet man perceiveth it not - Or, rather, "Although he does not perceive it or attend to it." Though the sinner is regardless of the admonition, yet still God repeats it, and endeavors to save him from the commission of the crimes which would lead him to ruin. This is designed to show the patience and forbearance of God, and how many means he takes to save the sinner from ruin. Of the truth of what Elihu here says, there can be no difference of opinion. It is one of the great principles of the divine administration that the sinner is often warned, though he heeds it not; and that God sends repeated admonitions even when people will not regard them, but are bent on their own ruin. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Yet - Although he doth not give men an account of his matters, yet he doth that which is sufficient for them. Twice - When once speaking doth not awaken men, God is graciously pleased to give them another admonition: though he will not gratify men's curiosity in enquiring into his hidden judgments, yet he will acquaint them with their duty. God speaks to us by conscience, by providence, and by ministers, of all which Elihu here treats at large, to shew Job, that God was now telling him his mind, and endeavouring to do him good. He shews first, how God admonishes men by their own consciences. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For God speaketh once - Though he will not be summoned to the bar of his creatures, nor condescend to detail the reasons of his conduct, which they could not comprehend, yet he so acts, in the main, that the operation of his hand and the designs of his counsel may sufficiently appear, provided men had their eyes open upon his ways, and their hearts open to receive his influence. Elihu, having made the general statement that God would not come to the bar of his creatures to give account of his conduct, shows the general means which he uses to bring men to an acquaintance with themselves and with him: he states these in the six following particulars, which may be collected from Job 33:15-24. |
13 But the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] was unto them precept [06673] upon precept [06673], precept [06673] upon precept [06673]; line [06957] upon line [06957], line [06957] upon line [06957]; here a little [02191], and there a little [02191]; that they might go [03212], and fall [03782] backward [0268], and be broken [07665], and snared [03369], and taken [03920].
10 For precept [06673] must be upon precept [06673], precept [06673] upon precept [06673]; line [06957] upon line [06957], line [06957] upon line [06957]; here a little [02191], and there a little [02191]:
11 God [0430] hath spoken [01696] once [0259]; twice [08147] have I heard [08085] this [02098]; that power [05797] belongeth unto God [0430].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
18 He keepeth back [02820] his soul [05315] from the pit [07845], and his life [02416] from perishing [05674] by the sword [07973].
19 He is chastened [03198] also with pain [04341] upon his bed [04904], and the multitude [07230] [07379] of his bones [06106] with strong [0386] pain:
20 So that his life [02416] abhorreth [02092] bread [03899], and his soul [05315] dainty [08378] meat [03978].
21 His flesh [01320] is consumed away [03615], that it cannot be seen [07210]; and his bones [06106] that were not seen [07200] stick out [08192] [08205].
22 Yea, his soul [05315] draweth near [07126] unto the grave [07845], and his life [02416] to the destroyers [04191].
23 If there [03426] be a messenger [04397] with him, an interpreter [03887], one [0259] among a thousand [0505], to shew [05046] unto man [0120] his uprightness [03476]:
24 Then he is gracious [02603] unto him, and saith [0559], Deliver [06308] him from going down [03381] to the pit [07845]: I have found [04672] a ransom [03724].
25 His flesh [01320] shall be fresher [07375] than a child's [05290]: he shall return [07725] to the days [03117] of his youth [05934]:
26 He shall pray [06279] unto God [0433], and he will be favourable [07521] unto him: and he shall see [07200] his face [06440] with joy [08643]: for he will render [07725] unto man [0582] his righteousness [06666].
27 He looketh [07789] upon men [0582], and if any say [0559], I have sinned [02398], and perverted [05753] that which was right [03477], and it profited [07737] me not;
28 He will deliver [06299] his soul [05315] from going [05674] into the pit [07845], and his life [02416] shall see [07200] the light [0216].
14 For God [0410] speaketh [01696] once [0259], yea twice [08147], yet man perceiveth [07789] it not.
15 In a dream [02472], in a vision [02384] of the night [03915], when deep [08639] sleep falleth [05307] upon men [0582], in slumberings [08572] upon the bed [04904];
16 Then he openeth [01540] the ears [0241] of men [0582], and sealeth [02856] their instruction [04561],
17 That he may withdraw [05493] man [0120] from his purpose [04639], and hide [03680] pride [01466] from man [01397].
15 In a dream [02472], in a vision [02384] of the night [03915], when deep [08639] sleep falleth [05307] upon men [0582], in slumberings [08572] upon the bed [04904];
16 Then he openeth [01540] the ears [0241] of men [0582], and sealeth [02856] their instruction [04561],
17 That he may withdraw [05493] man [0120] from his purpose [04639], and hide [03680] pride [01466] from man [01397].
18 He keepeth back [02820] his soul [05315] from the pit [07845], and his life [02416] from perishing [05674] by the sword [07973].
19 He is chastened [03198] also with pain [04341] upon his bed [04904], and the multitude [07230] [07379] of his bones [06106] with strong [0386] pain:
20 So that his life [02416] abhorreth [02092] bread [03899], and his soul [05315] dainty [08378] meat [03978].
21 His flesh [01320] is consumed away [03615], that it cannot be seen [07210]; and his bones [06106] that were not seen [07200] stick out [08192] [08205].
22 Yea, his soul [05315] draweth near [07126] unto the grave [07845], and his life [02416] to the destroyers [04191].
23 If there [03426] be a messenger [04397] with him, an interpreter [03887], one [0259] among a thousand [0505], to shew [05046] unto man [0120] his uprightness [03476]:
24 Then he is gracious [02603] unto him, and saith [0559], Deliver [06308] him from going down [03381] to the pit [07845]: I have found [04672] a ransom [03724].