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Job 34:5

Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Should I lie against my right?.... No; I ought not: this though Job had not said in so many words, yet this seems to be his sense in Job 27:4; that should he own and say that he was a wicked man, a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For Job hath said, I am righteous - see Job 13:18, “I know that I shall be justified;” compare Job 23:10-11, where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also referred to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2, etc., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he had asserted…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 34:1-9

Here, I. Elihu humbly addresses himself to the auditors, and endeavours, like an orator, to gain their good-will and their favourable attention. 1. He calls them wise men, and men that had knowledge,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 34:5-9

Elihu recites Job's statement of his cause against God, expressing his abhorrence of Job's sentiments.

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