5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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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