2Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here, I. Elihu humbly addresses himself to the auditors, and endeavours, like an orator, to gain their good-will and their favourable attention. 1. He calls them wise men , and men that had knowledge , Job 34:2. It is comfortable dealing with such as understand sense. I speak as to wise men , who can judge what I say , 1 Cor. 10:15. Elihu differed in opinion from them, and yet he calls them wise a…
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