Darby's translation notes (1890)
Job 15:29
15:29 upon (a-17) Or 'and their prosperous condition shall not bow [from fulness] toward.'
15:29 upon (a-17) Or 'and their prosperous condition shall not bow [from fulness] toward.'
Verse Job 15:29. _HE SHALL NOT BE RICH_] The whole of what follows, to the end of the chapter, seems to be directed against Job himself, whom Eliphaz indirectly accuses of having been a _tyrant_ and _...
HE SHALL NOT BE RICH - That is, he shall not continue rich; or he shall not again become rich. He shall be permanently poor. NEITHER SHALL HIS SUBSTANCE CONTINUE - His property. NEITHER SHALL HE PROL...
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...
SHALL HE PROLONG THE PERFECTION THEREOF. The Septuagint reads "shall their shadow stretch along upon the ground"....
The disastrous end of the wicked man....
_neither shall he prolong the perfection_ Perhaps, _neither shall their produce bend down to the ground_; the figure being that of heavy grain, or branches thickly laden with fruit, bending down to th...
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...
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 SHALL NOT BE RICH, NEITHER SHALL HIS SUBSTANCE CONTINUE, NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG THE PERFECTION THEREOF UPON THE EARTH._ 'He doth not grow rich:' he has reached his highest point: 'his prosperit...
NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG, etc.] RV 'neither shall their produce bend to the earth'; a figure of fraitfulness....
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...
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...
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...
HE SHALL NOT BE RICH. — Now comes the destiny which awaits him in the judgment of the speaker. “Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.” The word rendered “perfection thereof”...
לֹֽא ־יֶ֖עְשַׁר וְ לֹא ־יָק֣וּם חֵילֹ֑ו וְ
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 shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the (s) perfection thereof upon the earth. (s) Meaning, that his sumptuous buildings would never come to perfectio...
(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 SHALL NOT BE RICH,.... Though his heart is set upon it, he is determined at any rate to be rich; he labours for it with all his might and main, and yet shall not attain what he is so desirous of; m...
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. Ver. 29. _He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance, &c._] If he be...
_And he dwelleth_ It should rather be translated, _But he dwelleth in desolate places._ This is fitly opposed to the prosperity last mentioned, and is the beginning of the description of his misery, w...
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, his wealth would have no stability, NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG THE PERFECTION THEREOF UPON THE EARTH, literally, "not bow down to the earth th...
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...
Such. person will lose all their wealth (another attack upon Job). "In fact, his wheat will not be heavy with grain and thus will not droop to the ground" _(Zuck p. 74)._...
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...
HE SHALL NOT BE RICH, i. e not abide rich, but shall become poor. NEITHER SHALL HIS SUBSTANCE CONTINUE; what he had gotten shall be taken from him. THE PERFECTION THEREOF, i.e. the perfection of his s...
Job 15:29 rich H6238 (H8799) wealth H2428 continue H6965 (H8799) possessions H4512 overspread H5186 (H8799) earth...
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...
James 1:11; James 5:1; Job 20:22; Job 22:15; Job 27:16;...
Substance — What he had gotten shall be taken from him....