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Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
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A Call for Discernment
Commentators explain that Elihu is calling his audience to actively participate in finding the truth. He urges them to examine the conflicting opinions in the debate with Job and collectively choose what is right and just. This is an appeal for careful, communal discernment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let us choose to us judgment - That is, let us examine and explore what is true and right. Amidst the conflicting opinions, and the…
19th Century
Baptist
Yes, Job had said something like that, though not precisely that. He had denied the charges of gross sin that his friends brought against him, and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us choose to us judgments Take the part of the question or controversy in which truth and justice lie, and he do…
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Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him concerning Job's words. Even the simplest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sa…
13th Century
Catholic
After accusing Job of wanting to dispute with God, Elihu begins to dispute two points he had already mentioned (Job 33:9–12; [Reference…