Job 34:8, 36 | JFB | e4.org | 8. Job virtually goes in company (makes common cause) with the wicked, by taking up their sentiments ( ), or at least by saying, that those who act on such sentiments are unpunished ( ). To deny God's righteous government because we do not see the reasons of His acts, is virtually to take part with the ungodly.

‏ Job 34:8

8. Job virtually goes in company (makes common cause) with the wicked, by taking up their sentiments (Job 9:22, 23, 30; 21:7-15), or at least by saying, that those who act on such sentiments are unpunished (Mal 3:14). To deny God's righteous government because we do not see the reasons of His acts, is virtually to take part with the ungodly.

‏ Job 34:36

36. Margin, not so well, "My father," Elihu addressing God. This title does not elsewhere occur in Job.

tried—by calamities.

answers for wicked men—(See on Job 34:8). Trials of the godly are not removed until they produce the effect designed.