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Elihu also proceeded, and said,
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Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
Suffer: Job 21:3, Job 33:31-33, Hebrews 13:22
I have yet to speak: etc. Heb. there are yet words for God, Job 13:7, Job 13:8, Job 33:6, Exodus 4:16, Jeremiah 15:19, Ezekiel 2:7, 2 Corinthians 5:20
Reciprocal: Job 15:17 - hear me
3.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
fetch: Job 28:12, Job 28:13, Job 28:20-24, Job 32:8, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:5, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 12:42, Acts 8:27-40, Romans 10:6-8, James 1:5, James 1:17, James 3:17
ascribe: Job 32:2, Job 34:5, Job 34:10-12, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 11:7, Psalms 145:17, Jeremiah 12:1, Daniel 9:7, Daniel 9:14, Romans 3:25, Romans 3:26, Romans 9:14, Revelation 15:3
Reciprocal: Job 33:3 - my lips Job 33:23 - to Job 35:10 - my Romans 3:4 - That thou Revelation 4:11 - to receive
4.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
my: Job 13:4, Job 13:7, Job 21:27, Job 21:34, Job 22:6-30, Proverbs 8:7, Proverbs 8:8, 2 Corinthians 2:17
perfect: Job 37:16, Luke 1:3, Acts 24:22, 1 Corinthians 14:20, *marg. Colossians 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:17
in: Psalms 49:3, Proverbs 22:20, Proverbs 22:21
Reciprocal: Job 33:3 - my lips
5.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
despiseth: Job 10:3, Job 31:13, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 138:6
mighty: Job 9:14, Job 9:19, Job 12:13-16, Job 26:12-14, Job 37:23, Psalms 99:4, Psalms 147:5, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 32:19, 1 Corinthians 1:24-28
wisdom: Heb. heart
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:14 - Is Job 9:4 - wise in heart Job 33:12 - God Romans 12:16 - condescend to men of low estate
6.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
preserveth: Job 21:7-9, Job 21:30, Psalms 55:23, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2, 2 Peter 2:9
giveth: Job 29:12-17, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 72:12-14, Psalms 82:1-4, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Isaiah 11:4
poor: or, afflicted, Exodus 22:22-24, Psalms 140:12
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:8 - set them Job 36:15 - delivereth Psalms 113:7 - needy
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
withdraw, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 34:15, Zephaniah 3:17, 1 Peter 3:12
with: Job 1:3, Job 42:12, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 41:40, 1 Samuel 2:8, Esther 10:3, Psalms 78:70-72, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8
he doth: 2 Samuel 7:13-16, Psalms 112:7-10, 2 Thessalonians 3:3
Reciprocal: Job 10:3 - Is it good Psalms 11:7 - his Psalms 41:12 - settest Isaiah 22:23 - a glorious Isaiah 37:17 - Incline
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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
if: Job 13:27, Job 19:6, Job 33:18, Job 33:19, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 116:3, Lamentations 3:9
cords: Proverbs 5:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - they said 2 Samuel 22:6 - sorrows 2 Chronicles 33:11 - the Lord Job 13:23 - make me Job 33:23 - to Job 36:13 - bindeth Psalms 107:14 - brake Amos 4:9 - yet Luke 15:18 - I have
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Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
he: Job 10:2, Deuteronomy 4:21, Deuteronomy 4:22, 2 Chronicles 33:11-13, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Lamentations 3:39, Lamentations 3:40, Luke 15:17-19, 1 Corinthians 11:32
their: Psalms 5:10, Isaiah 59:12, Ezekiel 18:28-31, Romans 5:20, 1 Timothy 1:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - they said Job 13:23 - make me Psalms 107:10 - bound
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He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
openeth: Job 36:15, Job 33:16-23, Psalms 40:6, Isaiah 48:8, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 50:5, Acts 16:14
commandeth: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:4, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 9:4-6, Isaiah 1:16-20, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:3, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 7:3-7, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, Hosea 14:1, Matthew 3:8, Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, James 4:8
Reciprocal: Job 33:24 - Deliver
11.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If: Job 22:21, Deuteronomy 4:30, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 26:13, Romans 6:17, Hebrews 11:8
spend: Job 11:13-19, Job 21:11, Job 22:23, Job 42:12, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Ecclesiastes 9:3, James 5:5, Revelation 18:7
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:12 - to serve 1 Chronicles 28:9 - serve him Job 21:13 - They Job 33:24 - Deliver
12.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
if: Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Deuteronomy 29:15-20, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9
perish: Heb. pass away
die: Job 4:21, John 8:21-24
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:9 - serve him Proverbs 5:23 - shall die Hosea 4:6 - for Joel 2:8 - sword
13.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
heap: Numbers 32:14, 2 Chronicles 28:13, 2 Chronicles 28:22, Romans 2:5
they: Job 15:4, Job 27:8-10, Job 35:9, Job 35:10, Matthew 22:12, Matthew 22:13
bindeth: Job 36:8, Psalms 107:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:41 - into an unclean place Job 8:13 - the hypocrite's Job 13:16 - for an hypocrite Job 15:34 - the congregation Job 38:23 - General Job 40:13 - bind Isaiah 9:13 - the people Daniel 9:13 - made we not our prayer before Hosea 7:7 - there Haggai 2:17 - yet Matthew 12:32 - it shall not Luke 12:1 - which 1 Peter 2:1 - hypocrisies
14.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
They die: Heb. Their soul dieth, Job 15:32, Job 21:23-25, Job 22:16, Genesis 38:7-10, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 10:2, Psalms 55:23
unclean: or, sodomites, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 19:25, Deuteronomy 23:17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:5 - but divideth Leviticus 13:44 - utterly unclean Leviticus 14:41 - into an unclean place
15.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
delivereth: Job 36:6
poor: or, afflicted
openeth: Job 36:10, 2 Chronicles 12:8
Reciprocal: Job 33:16 - openeth Psalms 119:32 - enlarge Daniel 6:27 - delivereth
16.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
a broad: Job 19:8, Job 42:10-17, Psalms 18:19, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 118:5
that which should be set on thy table: Heb. the rest of thy table
full: Psalms 23:5, Psalms 36:8, Psalms 63:5, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 55:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:1 - too strait for us Job 18:7 - steps Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 18:36 - enlarged Psalms 66:12 - but thou Psalms 119:32 - enlarge 2 Corinthians 6:12 - are not
17.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
fulfilled: Job 16:5, Job 34:8, Job 34:36, Romans 1:32, Revelation 18:4
take hold on thee: should uphold thee
Reciprocal: Job 9:19 - he is strong Job 10:3 - Is it good Malachi 2:17 - Every Luke 12:58 - the judge
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Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Because: Psalms 2:5, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 110:5, Matthew 3:7, Romans 1:18, Romans 2:5, Ephesians 5:6
his: Psalms 39:10, Isaiah 14:6, Ezekiel 24:16
then: Job 33:24, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, 1 Timothy 2:6, Hebrews 2:3
deliver thee: Heb. turn thee aside
Reciprocal: Exodus 30:12 - a ransom 1 Kings 20:39 - or else Job 10:3 - Is it good Proverbs 11:4 - Riches Isaiah 30:13 - cometh Luke 12:58 - the judge
19.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Will: Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 11:4, Isaiah 2:20, Zephaniah 1:18, James 5:3
nor all: Job 9:13, Job 34:20, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Proverbs 11:21, Isaiah 37:36
Reciprocal: Job 34:19 - regardeth Psalms 49:8 - General
20.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Desire: Job 3:20, Job 3:21, Job 6:9, Job 7:15, Job 14:13, Job 17:13, Job 17:14
cut: Exodus 12:29, 2 Kings 19:35, Proverbs 14:32, Ecclesiastes 11:3, Daniel 5:30, Luke 12:20, Acts 1:25, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Reciprocal: Job 40:12 - in
21.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
God: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 75:7, Isaiah 14:5, Jeremiah 27:5-8, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:18, Luke 1:52, Romans 13:1
who: Psalms 94:10, Psalms 94:12, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 31:38, John 6:45
Reciprocal: Job 33:12 - thou Psalms 25:5 - teach Psalms 119:135 - and teach Isaiah 40:13 - hath directed Romans 11:34 - General 1 Peter 5:6 - that
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Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Who hath: Job 34:13-33, Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:14, Romans 11:34, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 1:11
Thou: Job 8:3, Job 34:10, Job 40:8, Romans 2:5, Romans 3:5, Romans 9:14
Reciprocal: Job 33:12 - thou Luke 4:27 - Naaman Romans 9:20 - who art
24.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
magnify: Job 12:13-25, Job 26:5-14, Psalms 28:5, Psalms 34:3, Psalms 72:18, Psalms 86:8-10, Psalms 92:4, Psalms 92:5, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 107:15, Psalms 111:2-4, Psalms 111:8, Psalms 145:10-12, Jeremiah 10:12, Daniel 4:3, Daniel 4:37, Luke 1:46
which: Deuteronomy 4:19, Psalms 19:1-4
Reciprocal: Job 37:7 - that Job 37:14 - consider Psalms 8:3 - When Ecclesiastes 11:5 - even
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Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
God: Job 37:5, Psalms 145:3
we: Job 11:7-9, Job 26:14, Job 37:23, 1 Kings 8:27
neither: Psalms 90:2, Psalms 102:24-27, Hebrews 1:12, 2 Peter 3:8
Reciprocal: Job 28:26 - he made Job 35:5 - Look Psalms 102:27 - years Jeremiah 51:16 - there is Daniel 2:45 - the great
27.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
he: Job 5:9, Job 38:25-28, Job 38:34, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:6, Psalms 65:9-13, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 14:22
the vapour: Job 36:33, Psalms 148:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:4 - For Job 37:4 - he will Job 37:6 - likewise to the small Job 37:11 - he wearieth Psalms 147:8 - covereth Proverbs 3:20 - the clouds Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth Jeremiah 10:13 - He causeth Zechariah 10:1 - bright clouds
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Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
Job 37:11-13, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:12, Proverbs 3:20
Reciprocal: Job 38:25 - General Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth
29.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
the spreadings: Job 37:16, Job 38:9, Job 38:37, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45, Psalms 104:3
the noise: Job 37:2-5, Psalms 18:13, Psalms 29:3-10, Psalms 77:16-19, Psalms 104:7, Nahum 1:3, Habakkuk 3:10
Reciprocal: Job 26:8 - bindeth up Job 35:5 - the clouds Job 36:33 - noise
30.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
he: Job 38:25, Job 38:34, Job 38:35, Luke 17:24
and: Job 38:8-11, Genesis 1:9, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:28, Exodus 15:4, Exodus 15:5, Psalms 18:11-16, Psalms 104:5-9
bottom: Heb. roots
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:3 - Let Job 37:11 - he scattereth Job 37:15 - the light
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For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
by: Job 37:13, Job 38:22, Job 38:23, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:17-24, Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:23-25, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:15, Joshua 10:11, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 7:10, 1 Samuel 12:18
he giveth: Job 38:26, Job 38:27, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 104:13-15, Psalms 104:27, Psalms 104:28, Psalms 136:25, Acts 14:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:29 - to you
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With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "He covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike. Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of wrath against iniquity." Job 26:9, Exodus 10:21-23, Psalms 18:11, Psalms 135:7, Psalms 147:8, Psalms 147:9, Psalms 148:8, Acts 27:20
Reciprocal: Job 28:26 - he made Job 37:11 - he scattereth Job 37:21 - General
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The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
noise: Job 36:29, Job 37:2, 2 Samuel 22:14, 1 Kings 18:41-45
the cattle: Jeremiah 14:4-6, Joel 1:18, Joel 2:22
the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up, Job 36:27