That he may withdraw man from his purpose - Margin, “work.” The sense is plain. God designs to warn him of the consequences of exec…

From his purpose. —Rather, That He may withdraw man from carrying out his evil actions, and may remove that pride from man whi…

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

That he may withdraw a man [from his] purpose^F13
Or "work", his wicked work, as the Targum; either which …

God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; Elihu discourses on all of these. At that time, as far as we know, there was no D…

Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …