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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 15-16
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Here's the conclusion of Elihu's third Discourse with Job: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain.
Some connect this verse with the former, according to the first reading of it, before mentioned, that giving a reason of this; But now his anger (or he in anger) hath visited thee but a little, or nothing, &c. Therefore thou, O Job, openest thy mouth in vain. As if he had said, Because the anger of God hath not punished Job sharply enough, nor in proportion to the multitude and greatness of his sins, therefore he speaks thus boldly and rashly.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain.
To open the mouth is a Periphrasis of speaking; As if he had said, therefore Job speaks in vain. To speak in vain, or to use vain words, is to speak to little or no purpose, as I have had occasion to show upon other places of this Book (Chap. 15.2. Chap. 16.3.) and therefore shall not stay upon it here. Job was no vain speaker, he used to speak words of weight, words of soberness and truth, yet was overborne by passion, though not to speak vain words in the matter, yet to speak or open his mouth in vain.