Job 36:1

Job 36:1 Meaning and Explanation

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

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Elihu takes up his discourse again, beginning a final movement that will rise from the defense of God's justice to wonder at His works in the storm.

What Does Job 36:1 Mean?

The narrator marks a fresh start in the long speech of Elihu, the youngest of those gathered around Job. He has already spoken at length; now he gathers himself for one more sustained appeal before the chapter turns toward the heavens.

A single line of introduction reminds us that this is still a man speaking, feeling his way toward truth about God. The same God whose justice Elihu will press upon Job is the One who would finally answer out of the whirlwind, and who answers fully in Christ, in whom every honest question is met.

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What does Job 36:1 mean?

Elihu takes up his discourse again, beginning a final movement that will rise from the defense of God's justice to wonder at His works in the storm.

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