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If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

If thou hast anything to say, answer me - In the previous verse, Elihu had asked that Job would hear all that he had to say. Yet he…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I desire to justify thee. —He wishes to justify Job before his friends, that is, to maintain that his afflictions are not…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

If you have anything to say, answer me Any thing to object to what he had delivered, or any answer to return to what he h…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward humankind is to save them from being forever miserable and to bring them to be forever happ…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

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), …

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