Believeth not — When he falls into trouble, he despairs of deliverance, by reason of his guilty conscience. Waited for — Besides the calamity which is upon him, he is in constant expectation of greater; the sword is used for any grievous affliction.
Verse Job 15:22. _THAT HE SHALL RETURN OUT OF DARKNESS_] If he take but a few steps in the dark, he expects the _dagger_ of the assassin. This appears to be the only meaning of the place. Some think...
HE BELIEVETH NOT THAT HE SHALL RETURN OUT OF DARKNESS - Darkness is used in the Bible, as elsewhere, to denote calamity; and the meaning here is, that the wicked man has not confidence (יאמין לא _lo'_...
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...
WAITED FOR OF THE SWORD. destined to the power of the sword....
_return out of darkness_ "Darkness" is calamity, and the words mean that the wicked man anticipates a calamity which shall be final, and from which, when it befals him, there shall be no escape. _he i...
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...
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...
HE IS WAITED FOR— _He is marked out for, destined to._ Heath....
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...
_HE BELIEVETH NOT THAT HE SHALL RETURN OUT OF DARKNESS, AND HE IS WAITED FOR OF THE SWORD._ Darkness - namely, danger or calamity. Glancing at Job, who despaired of restoration: in contrast to good m...
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...
He loses hope of deliverance from misfortune. 23A. He imagines he is always coming to poverty....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 15 ELIPHAZ’S SECOND SPEECH...
Eliphaz repeated the friends’ main idea. Wicked men always suffer a terrible fate. They will have an awful life and a terrible death....
לֹא ־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ _וְ_†_צָפ֖וּי_†...
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...
“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...
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...
He believeth not that he shall return out of (n) darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. (n) Out of that misery to which he once fell....
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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...
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...
HE BELIEVETH NOT THAT HE SHALL RETURN OUT OF DARKNESS,.... When he lies down at night he despairs of ever seeing the light of the morning, through fear of an enemy, a robber, a murderer, or of one dis...
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. Ver. 22. _He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness_] He despondeth and despaireth of a better co...
_A dreadful sound is in his ears_ Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears and expectations of it, from a consciousness of his own guilt, and a sense of God's all-seeing eye an...
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, he despairs of ever being relieved of his misfortune, AND HE IS WAITED FOR OF THE SWORD, marked out, destined for its attack and for destruction...
ELIPHAZ ACCUSES JOB OF IMPIETY...
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...
"The meaning is that the sinner is tormented by his guilty conscience; he is always fearing that he may not awake from his sleep, or he is always dreading misfortune" _(Zuck p. 72)._ In addition, he i...
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...
i.e. When he falls into trouble, he despairs of God's mercy, and of deliverance, by reason of his guilty conscience; which he speaks with particular reflection upon Job, who would receive no comfort n...
Job 15:22 believe H539 (H8686) return H7725 (H8800) darkness H2822 sword H2719 waiting H6822 (H8803) He be
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...
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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:1 Second Cycle. The arguments of each participant harden in the second round of speeches. Once again the three friends say that Job is suffering because of his sin. Job refuses to a...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:20 Eliphaz describes the WICKED MAN. He hopes that Job will see himself in the descriptions and will repent. ⇐...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 6:33; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 8:22; Job 20:24; Job 20:25;...