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Verse Job 15:35. _THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF_] The figure here is both
elegant and impressive. The wicked _conceive_ mischief, from the seed
which Satan sows in their hearts; in producing which they _tra...
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THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF - The meaning of this verse is, that they form
and execute plans of evil. It is the characteristic of such men that
they form such plans and live to execute them, and they must...
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THE SECOND SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES
CHAPTER 15 Eliphaz's Second Address
_ 1. Tells Job that he is self-condemned (Job 15:1)_
2. Charges him with pride (Job 15:7)
3. The wicked and their lot (Job 15...
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MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44.
BELLY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the
thoughts produced by emotion....
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Finally Eliphaz condenses into an expressive figure the general
doctrine both of this and his former discourse, namely, that suffering
and disaster follow, as by a law of nature, doing evil and wrong....
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The disastrous end of the wicked man....
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This doctrine itself. The passage gives a picture of the conscience of
the wicked man filled with presentiments of evil, in opposition to
such statements as that of Job, ch. Job 12:6, and to his whole...
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Eliphaz instructs Job regarding the troubled conscience And the
Disastrous Fate of the Wicked Man
Having sufficiently rebuked Job's presumption and irreverence Eliphaz
proceeds to take up his princip...
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THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, &C.— _Conceiving in misery, and bringing
forth in sorrow, their belly hath at last proved a deception._ This
whole description is evidently pointed at the situation of Job. His...
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2. The destiny of the ungodly shows the retributive justice of God.
(Job 15:17-35)
TEXT 15:17-35
17 I WILL SHOW THEE, HEAR THOU ME;
And that which I have seen I will declare
18 (Which wise men hav...
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_THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, AND BRING FORTH VANITY, AND THEIR BELLY
PREPARETH DECEIT._
Bitter irony, illustrating the "unfruitfulness" (Job 15:34) of the
wicked. Their conceptions and birth-givings cons...
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THE SECOND SERIES OF SPEECHES (JOB 15-21)
The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his
sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which
in his anguish he has...
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Job thought that many evil people are successful (Job 12:6). Eliphaz
argued that their success was temporary. Their wealth would not last.
Soon, they would lose everything (verse 29).
Job had spoken...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 15
ELIPHAZ’S SECOND SPEECH...
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הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְ יָלֹ֣ד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝
בִטְנָ֗ם
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XIII.
THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE
Job 15:1
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology
and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is effected a...
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“THE HEAVENS ARE NOT CLEAN”
Job 15:1
The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He
begins by _rebuking_ Job, Job 15:1. He complains that the words of Job
proved him to be unwise, J...
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Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the
first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded
him.
He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using me...
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They (y) conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit.
(y) Therefore all their vain devises will turn to their own
destruction....
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_Sorrow. Hebrew, "mischief." (Haydock) See Psalm vii. 15., and Isaias
xlix. 4. --- The tree is known by its fruit. Eliphaz sufficiently
insinuates, that he is speaking of Job. (Calmet) --- His, or "it...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let us pause over what we have been reading of the aggravated
afflictions of Jobadiah Was it not enough that the LORD was exercising
his servant, but those three men must throw in...
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(17) В¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will
declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have
not hid it: (19) Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no st...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF,.... That is, such wicked persons as before
described; they meditate sin in their minds, and contrive how to
commit it, and form schemes within themselves to do mischief to
othe...
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They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit.
Ver. 35. _They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity_] Here
Elipbaz for a close, by an elegant and usual metaphor...
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_For the congregation of hypocrites_ Their children, servants,
friends, and dependants; _shall be desolate_ That is, utterly
destroyed; _and fire_ Some eminent and terrible judgment of God, often
expr...
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ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF
(vv.1-6)
This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had
shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a
measure of considerat...
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VANITY:
Or, iniquity...
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17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable:
whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and
therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospe...
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THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, i.e. they devise and contrive injurious and
pernicious enterprises against others. VANITY,_ or iniquity, or
injury, or trouble_; either,
1. To others; they execute what they h...
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Job 15:35 conceive H2029 (H8800) trouble H5999 forth H3205 (H8800)
futility H205 womb H990 prepares H3559 ...
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CONTENTS: Eliphaz's theory about Job, charging him with foolishly
justifying himself.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz.
CONCLUSION: Those speeches which do no good, being of no service
either to God, o...
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Job 15:2. _Fill his belly with the east wind;_ a hot dry wind, the
least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech,
equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm of...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:20 Eliphaz describes the WICKED MAN. He hopes
that Job will see himself in the descriptions and will repent.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:31 Assuming that his perspective is correct,
Eliphaz mercilessly chooses words that focus on the loss of Job’s
children as an indication of God’s judgment. Given what the reader
kno...
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_SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ_
Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably
irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s
counse...
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EXPOSITION
The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first
(ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of
speakers is maintained. Job answers each speaker in...
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Now at this point, Eliphaz, who was the first friend of Job's to
speak, speaks for the second time. And he claims that he is older than
Job, more experienced than Job, and thus Job ought to listen to...
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Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Hosea 10:13; Isaiah 59:4; Isaiah 59:5;...