13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)In these verses, I. Elihu particularly charges Job with some indecent expressions that had dropped from him, reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God in his dealings with him. He does not ground the charge upon report, but was himself an ear-witness of what he here reproves him for (Job 33:8): “ Thou hast spoken it in my hearing , and in the hearing of all this company.” He had it not at se…
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