Job 34:1-4 - Commentary

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Text -- Job 34:1-4 (NET)

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Elihu’s Second Speech

34:1 Elihu answered: 34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men. 34:3 For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food. 34:4 Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.

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· Elihu son of Tohu/Toah/Nahath; a Levite from Ephraim,a commander from Manasseh who defected to David,son of Shemaiah (Levi); a gatekeeper,brother of David and his chief officer over the tribe of Judah,son of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram; friend of Job

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NET Notes: Job 34:1 This speech of Elihu focuses on defending God. It can be divided into these sections: Job is irreligious (2-9), God is just (10-15), God is impartial ...

NET Notes: Job 34:2 The Hebrew word means “the men who know,” and without a complement it means “to possess knowledge.”

NET Notes: Job 34:3 Or “palate”; the Hebrew term refers to the tongue or to the mouth in general.

NET Notes: Job 34:4 The word is מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) again, with the sense of what is right or just.

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