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 arraigned the divine government of the world, have all alike deepened their conviction of his guil... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FILL, etc] utter idle, empty remarks.... [ Continue Reading ]
It was a popular idea that there was a primeval man endowed with perfect wisdom, corresponding to the figure of the Divine Wisdom in Proverbs 8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Render, 'Didst thou hearken in the council of God?' i.e. before the creation of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
Eliphaz, perhaps, refers here to himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word _that dealeth_ gently with thee?' The 'consolations of God' are the comforting views about God's government and purposes which Eliphaz would have Job accept: cp. Job 5:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT DO THY EYES WINK AT?] render, 'why do thy eyes flash (in anger)?'... [ Continue Reading ]
Eliphaz uses Job's own words (Job 14:4) to convict him of his sinfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE] i.e. God. SAINTS] RV 'holy ones': the angels, cp. Job 4:18. HEAVENS] i.e. probably, 'heavenly beings.'... [ Continue Reading ]
DRINKETH] thirsts after, is greedy for. 17-35. Eliphaz describes, doubtless as a warning to Job, the troubled conscience and inevitable doom of the wicked. 18, 19. Eliphaz refers to a time when his ancestors had not mingled with other people, who would corrupt the purity of their wise sayings. His... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE NUMBER, etc.] RV 'even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.'... [ Continue Reading ]
He loses hope of deliverance from misfortune. 23A. He imagines he is always coming to poverty.... [ Continue Reading ]
READY] fully prepared.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR] RV 'Because.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Render,' It (trouble) leaps at his throat, past the thickest boss of his shield.' The boss is the central knob of the buckler.... [ Continue Reading ]
A picture of sensual luxury: cp. Psalms 73:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Illustrative of his daring impiety: he ventured to dwell in cities that lie under the curse: cp. Joshua 6:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG, etc.] RV 'neither shall their produce bend to the earth'; a figure of fraitfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THE BREATH, etc.] God's wrath will destroy him like a withering sirocco.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself.' ACCOMPLISHED] RM 'paid in full.' HIS TIME] the natural time of his death. 32, 33. The speedy end of the wicked. 'His branch prematurely withers; he puts forth grapes, and cannot ripen them; he flowers, but he fails of fruit' (Davidson).... [ Continue Reading ]