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<p id="Chapter34" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 34
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<p id="Job34_1"><a onclick="return mV('Job',34,'1-37');">Job 34:1-37</a>.
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<p><b>1. answered</b>—proceeded.
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<p id="Job34_2"><b>2.</b> This chapter is addressed also to the "friends" as the thirty-third chapter to Job alone.
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<p id="Job34_3"><b>3. palate</b>—(See on JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Job/Job012.html#Job12_11">Job 12:11</a>; JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Job/Job033.html#Job33_2">Job 33:2</a>).
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<p id="Job34_4"><b>4. judgment</b>—Let us select among the conflicting sentiments advanced, what will stand the test of examination.
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<p id="Job34_5"><b>5. judgment</b>—my right. Job's own words (<a onclick="return mV('Job',13,18);">Job 13:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',27,2);">27:2</a>).
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<p id="Job34_6"><b>6.</b> Were I to renounce my right (that is, confess myself guilty), I should die. Job virtually had said so (<a onclick="return mV('Job',27,4,5);">Job 27:4-5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',6,28);">6:28</a>). MAURER, not so well, "Notwithstanding my right (innocence) I am treated as a liar," by God, by His afflicting me.
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<br><br><b>my wound</b>—literally, "mine arrow," namely, by which I am pierced. So "<i>my</i> stroke" ("hand," <a onclick="return mV('Job',23,2);">Job 23:2</a>, <i>Margin</i>). My sickness (<a onclick="return mV('Job',6,4);">Job 6:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',16,13);">16:13</a>).
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<br><br><b>without transgression</b>—without fault of mine to deserve it (<a onclick="return mV('Job',16,17);">Job 16:17</a>).
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<p id="Job34_7"><b>7.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Job',15,16);">Job 15:16</a>). Image from the camel.
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<br><br><b>scorning</b>—against God (<a onclick="return mV('Job',15,4);">Job 15:4</a>).
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<p id="Job34_8"><b>8.</b> Job virtually goes in company (makes common cause) with the wicked, by taking up their sentiments (<a onclick="return mV('Job',9,22,23,30);">Job 9:22-23, 30</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',21,'7-15');">21:7-15</a>), or at least by saying, that those who act on such sentiments are unpunished (<a onclick="return mV('Mal',3,14);">Mal 3:14</a>). To deny God's righteous government because we do not see the reasons of His acts, is virtually to take part with the ungodly.
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<p id="Job34_9"><b>9. with God</b>—in intimacy (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',50,18);">Psa 50:18</a>, <i>Margin</i>).
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<p id="Job34_10"><b>10.</b> The true answer to Job, which God follows up (<a onclick="return mV('Job',38,'1-41');">Job 38:1-41</a>). Man is to <i>believe</i> God's ways are right, because they are His, not because we fully <i>see</i> they are so (<a onclick="return mV('Rom',9,14);">Rom 9:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,4);">Deu 32:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',18,25);">Gen 18:25</a>).
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<p id="Job34_11"><b>11.</b> Partly here; fully, hereafter (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',32,19);">Jer 32:19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rom',2,6);">Rom 2:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Pe',1,17);">1Pe 1:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,12);">Rev 22:12</a>).
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<p id="Job34_12"><b>12.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Job',8,3);">Job 8:3</a>). In opposition to Job, <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,5);">Job 34:5</a>, will not—cannot.
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<p id="Job34_13"><b>13.</b> If the world were not God's property, as having been made by Him, but committed to His charge by some superior, it might be possible for Him to act unjustly, as He would not thereby be injuring Himself; but as it is, for God to act unjustly would undermine the whole order of the world, and so would injure God's own property (<a onclick="return mV('Job',36,23);">Job 36:23</a>).
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<br><br><b>disposed</b>—hath founded (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',44,7);">Isa 44:7</a>), established the circle of the globe.
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<p id="Job34_14"><b>14, 15.</b> "If He were to set His heart on man," either to injure him, or to take strict account of his sins. The connection supports rather [UMBREIT], "If He had regard to himself (only), and were to gather unto Himself (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',104,29);">Psa 104:29</a>) man's spirit, etc. (which he sends forth, <a onclick="return mV('Psa',104,30);">Psa 104:30</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Ecc',12,7);">Ecc 12:7</a>), all flesh must perish together," etc. (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,19);">Gen 3:19</a>). God's loving preservation of His creatures proves He cannot be selfish, and therefore cannot be unjust.
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<p id="Job34_16"><b>16.</b> In <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,2);">Job 34:2</a>, Elihu had spoken <i>to all</i> in general, now he calls Job's special attention.
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<p id="Job34_17"><b>17.</b> "Can even He who (in thy view) hateth right (justice) govern?" The government of the world would be impossible if injustice were sanctioned. God must be just, because He governs (<a onclick="return mV('2Sa',23,3);">2Sa 23:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>govern</b>—literally, "bind," namely, by authority (so "reign," <a onclick="return mV('1Sa',9,17);">1Sa 9:17</a>, <i>Margin</i>). UMBREIT translates for "govern, <i>repress wrath,</i> namely, against Job for his accusations.
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<br><br><b>most just</b>—rather, "Him who is at once mighty and just" (in His government of the world).
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<p id="Job34_18"><b>18.</b> Literally, (Is it fit) <i>to be said</i> to a king? It would be a gross outrage to reproach thus an earthly monarch, much more the King of kings (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',22,28);">Exd 22:28</a>). But MAURER with the <i>Septuagint</i> and <i>Vulgate</i> reads, (It is not fit to accuse of injustice Him) <i>who says</i> to a king, Thou art wicked; to princes, Ye are ungodly; that is, who punishes impartially the great, as the small. This accords with <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,19);">Job 34:19</a>.
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<p id="Job34_19"><b>19.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Act',10,34);">Act 10:34</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',19,7);">2Ch 19:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',22,2);">Pro 22:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',31,15);">Job 31:15</a>).
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<p id="Job34_20"><b>20. they</b>—"the rich" and "princes" who offend God.
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<br><br><b>the people</b>—namely, of the guilty princes: guilty also themselves.
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<br><br><b>at midnight</b>—image from a night attack of an enemy on a camp, which becomes an easy prey (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',12,29,30);">Exd 12:29-30</a>).
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<br><br><b>without hand</b>—without <i>visible</i> agency, by the mere word of God (so <a onclick="return mV('Job',20,26);">Job 20:26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',4,6);">Zec 4:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,34);">Dan 2:34</a>).
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<p id="Job34_21"><b>21.</b> God's omniscience and omnipotence enable Him to execute immediate justice. He needs not to be long on the "watch," as Job thought (<a onclick="return mV('Job',7,12);">Job 7:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',16,9);">2Ch 16:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',32,19);">Jer 32:19</a>).
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<p id="Job34_22"><b>22. shadow of death</b>—thick darkness (<a onclick="return mV('Amo',9,2,3);">Amo 9:2-3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',139,12);">Psa 139:12</a>).
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<p id="Job34_23"><b>23.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('1Cr',10,13);">1Cr 10:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lam',3,32);">Lam 3:32</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,8);">Isa 27:8</a>). Better, as UMBREIT, "He does not (needs not to) <i>regard</i> (as in <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,14);">Job 34:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',41,20);">Isa 41:20</a>) man <i>long</i> (so <i>Hebrew,</i> <a onclick="return mV('Gen',46,29);">Gen 46:29</a>) in order that he may go (be brought by God) into judgment." Literally, "<i>lest</i> his (attention) upon men" (<a onclick="return mV('Job',11,10,11);">Job 11:10-11</a>). So <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,24);">Job 34:24</a>, "without number" ought to be translated, "without [needing any] searching out," such as has to be made in human judgments.
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<p id="Job34_24"><b>24. break in pieces</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,9);">Psa 2:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',12,18);">Job 12:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,21);">Dan 2:21</a>).
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<p id="Job34_25"><b>25. Therefore</b>—because He knows all things (<a onclick="return mV('Job',34,21);">Job 34:21</a>). He knows their works, without a formal investigation (<a onclick="return mV('Job',34,24);">Job 34:24</a>).
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<br><br><b>in the night</b>—suddenly, unexpectedly (<a onclick="return mV('Job',34,20);">Job 34:20</a>). Fitly <i>in the night,</i> as it was in it that the godless hid themselves (<a onclick="return mV('Job',34,22);">Job 34:22</a>). UMBREIT, <i>less</i> simply, for "overturneth," translates, "walketh"; that is, God is ever on the alert, discovering all wickedness.
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<p id="Job34_26"><b>26. He striketh them</b>—chasteneth.
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<br><br><b>as</b>—that is, because they are wicked.
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<br><br><b>sight of others</b>—Sinners hid themselves in darkness; therefore they are punished before all, in open day. Image from the place of public execution (<a onclick="return mV('Job',40,12);">Job 40:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exd',14,30);">Exd 14:30</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',12,12);">2Sa 12:12</a>).
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<p id="Job34_27"><b>27, 28.</b> The grounds of their punishment in <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,26);">Job 34:26</a>. <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,28);">Job 34:28</a> states in what respect they "considered not God's ways," namely, by <i>oppression,</i> whereby "they caused the cry," etc.
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<p id="Job34_29"><b>29.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',16,7);">Pro 16:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',26,3);">Isa 26:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>make trouble</b>—rather, "condemn" (<a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,33,34);">Rom 8:33-34</a>). MAURER, from the reference being only to <i>the godless,</i> in the next clause, and <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,20);">Job 34:20</a> translates, "When God keeps quiet" (leaves men to <i>perish</i>) <a onclick="return mV('Psa',83,1);">Psa 83:1</a>; [UMBREIT] from the <i>Arabic</i> (<i>strikes to the earth</i>), "who shall <i>condemn</i> Him as unjust?" <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,17);">Job 34:17</a>.
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<br><br><b>hideth...face</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Job',23,8,9);">Job 23:8-9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',13,1);">Psa 13:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>it be done</b>—Whether it be against a guilty nation (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',18,'9-12');">2Ki 18:9-12</a>) or an individual, that God acts so.
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<p id="Job34_30"><b>30. Ensnared</b>—into sin (<a onclick="return mV('1Ki',12,28, 30);">1Ki 12:28, 30</a>.
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<p id="Job34_31"><b>31.</b> Job accordingly says so (<a onclick="return mV('Job',40,'3-5');">Job 40:3-5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mic',7,9);">Mic 7:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',26,41);">Lev 26:41</a>). It was to lead him to this that Elihu was sent. Though no hypocrite, Job, like all, had sin; therefore through affliction he was to be brought to humble himself under God. All sorrow is a proof of the common heritage of sin, in which the godly shares; and therefore he ought to regard it as a merciful correction. UMBREIT and MAURER lose this by translating, as the <i>Hebrew</i> will bear, "Has any a right to say to God, I have borne chastisement and yet have not sinned?" (so <a onclick="return mV('Job',34,6);">Job 34:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>borne</b>—namely, the penalty of sin, as in <a onclick="return mV('Lev',5,1, 17);">Lev 5:1, 17</a>.
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<br><br><b>offend</b>—literally, "to deal destructively or corruptly" (<a onclick="return mV('Neh',1,7);">Neh 1:7</a>).
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<p id="Job34_32"><b>32.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Job',10,2);">Job 10:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',32,8);">Psa 32:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',19,12);">19:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',139,23,24);">139:23-24</a>).
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<br><br><b>no more</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',28,13);">Pro 28:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',4,22);">Eph 4:22</a>).
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<p id="Job34_33"><b>33.</b> Rather, "should God recompense (sinners) according to thy mind? Then it is for thee to reject and to choose, and not me" [UMBREIT]; or as MAURER, "<i>For thou hast rejected</i> God's way of recompensing; state therefore thy way, <i>for thou must choose, not I,</i>" that is, it is thy part, not mine, to show a better way than God's.
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<p id="Job34_34"><b>34, 35.</b> Rather, "men...will say to me, and the wise man (<a onclick="return mV('Job',34,2, 10);">Job 34:2, 10</a>) who hearkens to me (will say), 'Job hath spoken,'" etc.
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<p id="Job34_36"><b>36.</b> <i>Margin,</i> not so well, "My father," Elihu addressing God. This title does not elsewhere occur in Job.
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<br><br><b>tried</b>—by calamities.
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<br><br><b>answers for wicked men</b>—(See on JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Job/Job034.html#Job34_8">Job 34:8</a>). Trials of the godly are not removed until they produce the effect designed.
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<p id="Job34_37"><b>37. clappeth...hands</b>—in scorn (<a onclick="return mV('Job',27,23);">Job 27:23</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',21,17);">Eze 21:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>multiplieth...words</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Job',11,2);">Job 11:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',35,16);">35:16</a>). To his original "sin" to correct which trials have been sent, "he adds <i>rebellion,</i>" that is, words arraigning God's justice.
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