Job 34:36

"‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’"

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that Job's speech lacks a proper understanding of God and his ways, reflecting a lack of divine insight. It underscores the importance of humility and reliance on divine wisdom rather than human speculation in matters beyond our comprehension.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

My desire is -Margin, “or, “my father, let Job be tried.”” This variation between the text and the margin, arises from the different interpretations affixed to the Hebrew wordאבי'âbiy. The Hebrew word commonly means “father,” and some have supposed that that sense is to be retained here, and then it would be a solemn appeal to God as his Father - expressing the earnest prayer of Elihu that Job might be fully tried. But the difficulties in this interpretation are obvious: (1) Such a mode of appeal to God occurs nowhere else in the book, and it is little in the spirit of the poem.

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