The Pulpit Commentary on Job 34:36

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end; literally, Would that Job were tested to the uttermost!—"tested'" i.e; as gold is tested, by the touchstone, and "to the uttermost," so that there should be no doubt as to the result.

Elihu had his wish. Job was tried as severely as possible, and the issue was pronounced by God himself. "Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath" (Job 42:8, Revised Version).

Because of his answers for wicked men; rather, after the manner of wicked men (comp. above, verses 5, 6, 9.). This was the view which Elihu took of Job's rash words.

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