Job 33 (WEB)

God

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LORD, Lord, Father, hosts, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, last, JEHOVAH, Judge, father, lawgiver, Fathers, dayspring, host, Ancient
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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Job 33 (WEB)

1“However, Job, please hear my speech,

and listen to all my words.

2See now, I have opened my mouth.

My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart.

That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.

4The Spirit of God has made me,

and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5If you can, answer me.

Set your words in order before me, and stand up.

6Behold, I am toward God even as you are.

I am also formed out of the clay.

7Behold, my terror will not make you afraid,

neither will my pressure be heavy on you.

8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,

I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

9‘I am clean, without disobedience.

I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

10Behold, he finds occasions against me.

He counts me for his enemy.

11He puts my feet in the stocks.

He marks all my paths.’

12“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,

for God is greater than man.

13Why do you strive against him,

because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

14For God speaks once,

yes twice, though man pays no attention.

15In a dream, in a vision of the night,

when deep sleep falls on men,

in slumbering on the bed,

16then he opens the ears of men,

and seals their instruction,

17that he may withdraw man from his purpose,

and hide pride from man.

18He keeps back his soul from the pit,

and his life from perishing by the sword.

19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed,

with continual strife in his bones,

20so that his life abhors bread,

and his soul dainty food.

21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen.

His bones that were not seen stick out.

22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,

and his life to the destroyers.

23“If there is beside him an angel,

an interpreter, one among a thousand,

to show to man what is right for him,

24then God is gracious to him, and says,

‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,

I have found a ransom.’

25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s.

He returns to the days of his youth.

26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him,

so that he sees his face with joy.

He restores to man his righteousness.

27He sings before men, and says,

‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,

and it didn’t profit me.

28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.

My life will see the light.’

29“Behold, God does all these things,

twice, yes three times, with a man,

30to bring back his soul from the pit,

that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

31Mark well, Job, and listen to me.

Hold your peace, and I will speak.

32If you have anything to say, answer me.

Speak, for I desire to justify you.

33If not, listen to me.

Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

God