19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
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Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. …
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-20)Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God . What we hear is not likely to profit us unless we consider it, and we are not likely to consider things fully unless we stand still and compose ourselve…
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