7 So you don't need to be afraid of me. I won't come down hard on you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 33:7

Commentary on Job 33:1-7

(Read Job 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.