Job Chapter 33 verse 17 Holy Bible
That he may withdraw man `from his' purpose, And hide pride from man;
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In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;
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That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.
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That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
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That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
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That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
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To turn aside man `from' doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - That he (i.e. God) may withdraw man from his purpose; literally, from his work, assumed to be a wrongful work. Elihu regards the Divine teaching through visions as intended to elevate and purify men. Sometimes God so works upon them as to make them abandon an evil course on which they had entered. Sometimes his object is to save them from indulgence in an evil temper into which, without his help, they might have fallen. In this latter case he may occasionally hide pride from man. Elihu, perhaps, thinks that Job is unduly proud of his integrity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) From his purpose.--Rather, That He may witharaw man from carrying out his evil actions, and may remove that pride from man which he secretly cherishes. This is the main point of Elihu's teaching: that the purposes of God are disciplinary, to keep man from the sin which otherwise he would be prone to commit. In this way Job might have been a righteous man, and yet be justly chastened lest he should prove unrighteous.
