Geneva Bible Notes: Job 33

Job 33:3 (!) Elihu accuseth Job of ignorance.

Job 33:4 (a) I confesse the power of God, & am one of his therefore thou oghtest to heare me.

Job 33:6 (b) Because Job had wished to dispute his cause with God, {Chap. 16,21}, so that he might do it without feare, Elihu sayeth, he wil reason in Gods stead, whime he nedeth not to feare, because he is a man made of the same matter that he is.

Job 33:7 (c) I wil not handle thee so roughly as these others haue done.

Job 33:9 (d) He repeateth Jobs wordes, whereby he preotested his innocencie in diuers places, but specially in the {13, 16 & 30 Chap.}

Job 33:13 (e) The cause of his judgements is not always declared to man.

Job 33:14 (!) He sheweth that God hathe diuers meanes to instruct man and to drawe him from sinne.

Job 33:14 (f) Thogh God by sondrie examples of his judgements speake vnto man, yet the reason thereof is not knowen: yea & thogh God shulde speake, yet he is not vnderstand.

Job 33:15 (g) God, faith he, speaketh communely, ether by visions to teache vs the cause of his judgements, or els by afflictions, or by his messenger.

Job 33:16 (h) That is, determined to send vpon them.

Job 33:17 (i) He sheweth for what end God sendeth afflictions: to beat down mans pride, & to turne from euil.

Job 33:19 (!) He afflictieth man and sodenly deliuereth him.

Job 33:20 (k) That is, his painful & miserable life.

Job 33:22 (l) To them that shal burie him.

Job 33:23 (m) A man sent of God to declare his wil.

Job 33:23 (n) A singular chosen out of a thousand, which is able to declare the great mercies of God vnto sinners: & wherein mans righteousnes standeth, which is through the justice of Jesus Christ & faith therein.

Job 33:24 (o) He sheweth that it is a sure token of Gods mercie towards sinners, when he causeth his worde to be preached vnto them.

Job 33:24 (p) That is, the minister shal by the preaching of the worde pronounce vnto him the forgiuenes of his sinnes.

Job 33:25 (q) He shal fele Gods sauour and rejoyce: declaring hereby, wherein standeth the true joy of the faithful: and that God wil restore him to health of body, which is a token of his blessing.

Job 33:26 (r) God wil forgiue his sinnes and accept him as juste.

Job 33:26 (!) Man being deliuered, giueth thankes to God.

Job 33:27 (s) That is, done wickedly.

Job 33:27 (t) But my sinne hathe bene the cause of Gods wrath toward men.

Job 33:28 (u) God wil forgiue the penitent sinner.

Job 33:29 (x) Meaning, oft times, euen as oft as a sinner doeth repent.

Job 33:32 (z) That is, to shewe thee, wherein mans justification consisteth.

Job 33:32 (y) If thou doute of any thing, or se occasion to speake against it.