Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 33:8 stands in the book of Job, the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book come down to us, written by Moses in the land of Midian. The book is in four parts: the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate on Job's afflictions between Job and his three friends in chapters 4 to 31 in three circles of speeches by each, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud with the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17 closing the book. The verse belongs to the instructive discourses and argument of Elihu in chapters 32 to 36, extended to 37, which form the third part of the book and come before God speaks to His servant in chapters 38 to 41.
It records Elihu reminding Job that Job had spoken within his hearing and that he had heard the voice of Job's words. In this setting Elihu argues to Job that Job himself is not so very great while God is everything. Job makes no answer to Elihu's plea, and no comment whatever is given upon it before the Lord answers Job in chapter 38. The verse belongs to the continuous argument of Job and is best understood by reading the book as a whole rather than in isolated fragments.
Job 33:8 stands in the book of Job, the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book come down to us, written by Moses in the land of Midian. The book is in four parts: the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate on Job's afflictions between Job and his three friends in chapters 4 to 31 in three circles of speeches by each, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud with the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17 closing the book. The verse belongs to the instructive discourses and argument of Elihu in chapters 32 to 36, extended to 37, which form the third part of the book and come before God speaks to His servant in chapters 38 to 41.
It records Elihu reminding Job that Job had spoken within his hearing and that he had heard the voice of Job's words. In this setting Elihu argues to Job that Job himself is not so very great while God is everything. Job makes no answer to Elihu's plea, and no comment whatever is given upon it before the Lord answers Job in chapter 38. The verse belongs to the continuous argument of Job and is best understood by reading the book as a whole rather than in isolated fragments.