| Geneva Study Bible Behold, I am according to thy wish in {b} God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. (b) Because Job had wished to dispute his cause with God, Job 16:21 so that he might do it without fear, Elihu says, he will reason in God's stead, whom he does not need to fear. Wesley's Notes 33:6 Behold - I will plead with thee in God's name and stead, which thou hast often wished, and I am God's creature like thyself. King James Translators' Notes wish: Heb. mouth formed: Heb. cut Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 6. (See on [533]Job 33:4; Job 31:35; 13:3, 20, 21). formed-Though acting as God's representative, I am but a creature, like thyself. Arabic, "pressed together," as a mass of clay by the potter, in forming a vessel [Umbreit]. Hebrew, "cut off," as the portion taken from the clay to form it [Maurer]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 33:1-7 Job had desired a judge to decide his appeal. Elihu was one according to his wish, a man like himself. If we would rightly convince men, it must be by reason, not by terror; by fair argument, not by a heavy hand. | 
