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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Vers. 4. Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken.
The Hebrew is, He expected Job in words; Job was long in words, or he spake long in many words; and all that while Elihu waited, he kept silent; but when Job had spoken out, and Elihu had staid some time after, to see whether either himself, or his friends would speak again, then he began. Mr. Broughton translates,1 yet Elihu waited to speak with Job. The word notes the most patient expectation, a waiting with much long-sufferance, a waiting also in much confidence, as reserving our selves till better times, or for a more favourable dispensation. So the word is used (Dan. 12.12.) Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred, and five and thirty days; that is, Blessed is he that waiteth out those days of the Prophecy there specified; he hath a stretched out patience, that waiteth to the very ⟨p. 35⟩last day, and to the last of that day. The word is used again (Habak. 2.3.) If the vision (that is, the mercy or deliverance revealed and promised) tarry, wait for it; that is, if it tarry beyond the time supposed by man (it never tarries beyond the time appointed by God) wait patiently for it, that is, for the accomplishment of it; yea the word implieth a waiting, as it were, with open mouth, or gaping to receive that good which is assured by prophecy or in the promise. Such an expectation is here ascribed to Elihu, he waited for the issue of that great and long debate between Job and his three friends, or he gaped for such a solid answer as might satisfy him, and determine the Question under debate; Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken.