Passage Research
Job 34 — Sermon Preparation
Elihu defends the absolute justice of God, insisting it is impossible for the Almighty to pervert what is right or act wickedly. Below is a research summary for Job 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Job 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 6 | strength, mighty |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 6 | verdict, sentence |
| אִיּוֹב | ʼÎyôwb | H347 | 4 | Ijob |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 5 | hear, tell |
| רָשַׁע | râshaʻ | H7561 | 3 | be, do |
| פָּעַל | pâʻal | H6466 | 3 | do, make |
| מִלָּה | millâh | H4405 | 3 | word, discourse |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Job 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks, To what purpose? All is well that God does, and will be found so. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 34:16–30 (Public Domain)
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