Verse 16
b. The divine justice is still further proven from the conception of God as ruler of the universe, (Zockler,) Job 34:16-30. α . Without justice the administration of the world could not be carried on; for “right and government are mutually conditioned.” (Delitzsch.) The impartiality of the divine government, and the equal regard of God for his creatures, are made manifest through the mode in which he treats the great ones of the earth; also by the way he inflicts the one common doom of death, Job 34:16-20.
16. If now thou, etc. And if there is understanding. The original does not necessarily convey any reflection upon Job: it rather invites Job’s special attention to another form of argumentation. Elihu is about to announce truths that ought to be self-evident, and yet that had been overlooked by the friends.
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