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16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Job 34:16

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. …

  • But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Commentary

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

(vv. 16-30)

Elihu here addresses himself more directly to Job. He had spoken to the rest (Job 34:10) as men of understanding ; now, speaking to Job; he puts an if upon his understanding: If thou hast understanding , hear this and observe it, Job 34:16. I. Hear this, That God is not to be quarrelled with for any thing that he does. It is daring presumption to arraign and condemn God’s proceedings, as Job had d…

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