Job 33:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

Job 33:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Matthew 27:19
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-18)

Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded he dealt with him as his enemy. “No,” says Elihu, “he speaks to you, but you do not perceive him; so that the fault is yours, not his; and he is designing your real good even in those dispensations which you put this harsh construction upon.” Observe in general, 1. What…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. purpose--Margin, “work.” So Job 36:9. So “business” in a bad sense (1Sa 20:19). Elihu alludes to Job’s words (Job 17:11). “Pride,” an open “pit” (Job 33:18) which God hides or covers up, lest man should fall into it. Even the godly need to learn the lesson which trials teach, to “humble themselves under the mighty hand of God.”