Bible Commentaries

Exodus 28:1-5 — This chapter may be captioned, "Garments of the Priesthood." However, the greater part of it deals with the special vestments of the High Priest. There are six paragraphs: (1)    summary of the High Priest's garments (Exodus 28:1-5); (2)    instructions

Job 2:11-13 — JOB'S THREE FRIENDS COME TO COMFORT HIM "Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment

Job 34:10-15 — IMPERTINENT REMARKS CONCERNING GOD "Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. For the work of a man, will he render unto him, And cause

Job 34:31-37 — ADMIT YOU ARE A DIRTY SINNER, OR DIE! In these final verses of the chapter, in spite of several of them being very obscure, or even unintelligible, it is clear enough that Elihu's prescription for Job is simple enough: "Either admit your wickedness,

Job 36:21-23 — MORE CONDEMNATION OF JOB FROM ELIHU "Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought

Job 36:24-33 — THE GLORIES OF GOD'S CONTROL OF HIS CREATION "Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. For

Job 36:5-14 — GOD'S PURPOSE SEEN IN SUFFERING "Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:

Job 37 overview — THE CONCLUSION OF ELIHU'S LONG-WINDED REMARKS This writer cannot accommodate to the opinions of some very respected commentators who understand Elihu's speeches as not merely commendable, but actually appropriate as an introduction to what God Himself

Job 41:12-17 — "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws? Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. His strong scales

Psalms 34:20-22 — "He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned. Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned." "All his

Jeremiah 30:1-3 — "The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my

Hosea 6:11 — "Alas, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people." "Alas, O Judah" Thus we have another reference to Judah; and the knee-jerk response of many commentators is the allegation that, "This is an evident

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 — "And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. And Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Jehovah