9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. …
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. …
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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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