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"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
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Adopting a Wicked Mindset
Elihu's core accusation is that Job has adopted the mindset and arguments of a wicked person. Commentators explain that instead of showing repentance in his suffering, Job has been complaining and murmuring, thereby filling himself with the defiant attitude the wicked have toward God's justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked - Rosenmuller explains this as meaning, “If under divine inflictions and chastis…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked Some ``as you have fulfilled the sentence of the wicked, sentence …
Elihu shows that Job caused the continuation of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in obstinacy. Even good people need to be kept to t…
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13th Century
Catholic
Elihu wanted to argue against two points he found in Job's words: first, Job's claim that he was righteous, and second, his accusation that God's j…
