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Job 33 Translation Questions
Q? Why does Elihu beg Job to listen to the words he will speak?
A. Elihu begs Job to listen because he will speak the uprightness of his heart. [33:1-3]
Q? Who has made Elihu and what has given him life?
A. The Spirit of God made Elihu and the Almighty gave him life. [33:4]
Q? What does Elihu ask Job to do if Job could answer Elihu?
A. He asks Job to set his words in order and stand up before Elihu. [33:5]
Q? What reason does Elihu give that Job should not be afraid of him or feel pressure from Elihu?
A. Elihu tells Job that they are the same in God's sight and were both formed out of the clay. [33:6-7]
Q? What had Elihu heard Job saying?
A. Elihu heard Job saying that he was clean, without transgression, innocent and there was no sin in him. [33:8-9]
Q? Who does Job blame for finding opportunities to attack him, and for regarding him as an enemy?
A. Job blames God for doing these things. [33:10]
Q? How does Elihu say God compares to man?
A. Elihu says God is greater than man. [33:12]
Q? Why does Elihu say it is useless to struggle against God?
A. God does not have to account for any of his doings. [33:13]
Q? How does Elihu say that God speaks to man?
A. God speaks in a dream and in a vision during the night while men are sleeping. [33:14-15]
Q? Why does God open the ears of men and frighten them with threats?
A. God does this in order to pull man back from sinful purposes and keep pride from him. [33:16-17]
Q? What does Elihu say is the reason that man has pain on his bed, agony in his bones, and no desire for food or delicacies?
A. Elihu says that this is because man is being punished. [33:19-20]
Q? What does Elihu say happens to a man who is being punished by God?
A. A man's flesh is consumed, his bones stick out and his soul draws close to the pit. [33:21-22]
Q? What could an angel mediator say to God to save a person from going down to the pit?
A. The angel could ay to God, "I have found a ransom for him." [33:24]
Q? What will happen to the flesh of the person who is saved from going down to the pit?
A. His flesh will become fresher than a child's. [33:25]
Q? What will happen to the life of a person who admits his sin and is rescued from the pit by God?
A. That person's life will continue to see light. [33:28]
Q? Why does Elihu say that God rescues a person from the pit?
A. God does this so that a person may be enlightened with the light of life. [33:29-30]
Q? What does Elihu want to teach Job if Job will pay attention and listen to him and remain silent?
A. Elihu wants to teach Job wisdom. [33:33]