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Beware lest you say, `We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man:`
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Human Wisdom Has Limits
Elihu warns Job's friends not to claim, "We have found wisdom." Commentators explain that their failure to refute Job was necessary to demonstrate the insufficiency of human reasoning. This serves as a powerful reminder for us to approach complex spiritual matters with humility, recognizing that our own understanding is finite.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom - That is, this has been permitted and ordered so that it might be evident that the t…
19th Century
Anglican
Lest you should say. —That is, “I resolved to speak, lest you should think yourselves wise, and that God was afflicting him on acc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lest you should say, we have found out wisdom They were left to themselves, and not directed to take the proper meth…
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Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience sho…
13th Century
Catholic
After the dispute between Job and his friends had ended, the argument of Elihu against Job is introduced. He uses more penetrating arguments agains…
