Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
The verse is poetry, not part of the prose opening narrative or the prose closing statement of the book. It stands in the third of the five parts into which the book divides, the argument and reproof of Elihu to Job covering chapters 32-37. In context it belongs to Elihu's plea urging upon Job that Job himself is not very great while God is everything.
It asks whether it is fit or right to say to a king that he is wicked and to princes that they are ungodly. Such accusations against rulers are treated as improper, and as an especially serious charge. Job makes no answer to this plea, and no comment whatever is given upon it before the Lord answers Job.
The verse is poetry, not part of the prose opening narrative or the prose closing statement of the book. It stands in the third of the five parts into which the book divides, the argument and reproof of Elihu to Job covering chapters 32-37. In context it belongs to Elihu's plea urging upon Job that Job himself is not very great while God is everything.
It asks whether it is fit or right to say to a king that he is wicked and to princes that they are ungodly. Such accusations against rulers are treated as improper, and as an especially serious charge. Job makes no answer to this plea, and no comment whatever is given upon it before the Lord answers Job.