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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 42:7

And it was so. — The verdict that is spoken against the friends of Job is based rather on the tone and spirit of what they have said than on any of their actual words, for many of these are conspicuous for their wisdom, truth, and beauty. But throughout they had been on the wrong side, and seemed to think that the cause of God had need to be upheld at all risks, and that it might even be required to tell lies for God (Job 13:7); and it was this that provoked the Divine indignation.

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See also Job 42:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 42:7. _AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS_] Those recorded at Job 40:7; he said to Eliphaz, who was the eldest of the three friends, and chief speaker: _Ye have not spoken of me - right_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND IT WAS SO, THAT AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS UNTO JOB - Had the matter been left according to the record in Job 42:6, a wholly erroneous impression would have been made. Job was overwhelm...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    VII. THE EPILOGUE: JOB'S RESTORATION AND BLESSING CHAPTER 42:7-17 _ 1. Jehovah's message to Job's friends (Job 42:7)_ 2. Job's restoration (Job 42:10) 3. The conclusion: Peace (Job 42:16)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3). Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4 b, which are quoted from...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THESE WORDS: i.e. ch. Job 38:1 -- Job 41:34. NOT SPOKEN OF ME THE THING THAT IS RIGHT. We have, therefore, an inspired record of what they said; but all they said was not inspired, and cannot be quot...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World? All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 42:7-17. Job, having humbled himself before God, is restored to a prosperity two-fold that which he enjoyed before 7 9. Job is commanded to intercede for his three friends lest Jehovah should vis...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the thing which is right_ The Lord blames the three friends for not speaking that which was right concerning _Him_, not concerning Job; He also commends Job for speaking what was right concerning Him...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR YE HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME, &C.— Mr. Peters has proved, beyond contradiction, that this is properly translated, _ye have not spoken of me that which is right._ See also Job 42:8 in which there is a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VII. RECONCILIATION AND RENEWAL (Job 42:7-17) A. ELIPHAZ MAKES A GREAT BURNT-OFFERING AND JOB INTERCEDES FOR HIS FRIENDS. (Job 42:7-9) TEXT 42:7-9 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IT WAS SO, THAT AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS UNTO JOB, THE LORD SAID TO ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, MY WRATH IS KINDLED AGAINST THEE, AND AGAINST THY TWO FRIENDS: FOR YE HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EPILOGUE 7-17. These vv. describe the happy ending to Job's trials and his restoration to prosperity. It is a sequel in full accord with the religious ideas of the Hebrews. With no clear idea of a...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 42 THE END OF JOB’S TROUBLE...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These verses may seem strange to some people. Such people do not know why God was angry with Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. Job’s friends were sometimes wrong, but sometimes Job was wrong too. So, you mi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֗י אַחַ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת ־הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXIX. EPILOGUE Job 42:7 AFTER the argument of the Divine voice from the storm the epilogue is a surprise, and many have doubted whether it is in line with the rest of the work. Did Job need these mu...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    RESTORED TO RIGHT RELATIONS WITH GOD Job 42:1 In complete surrender Job bowed before God, confessing his ignorance and owning that he had spoken glibly of things which he understood not. He had retor...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job's answer is full of the stateliness of a great submission. As he speaks the words of surrender he appears mightier in his submission than all the things into the presence of which he has been brou...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Two friends. It is astonishing that Eliu is not also reprehended, as he was no better than the rest. Some answer, that god had passed sentence upon him first. Others maintain, that he spoke with great...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (7) В¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT WAS [SO],.... What follows came to pass: THAT AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS UNTO JOB; which he spake to him out of the whirlwind, and after he had heard Job's confession, and the decla...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _After the Lord had spoken these words unto Job_ Jehovah, having confounded all the false reasonings of Job, and sufficiently humbled his pride, now proceeds to the condemnation of the principle upon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it was so that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, after Job had made his penitent reply, THE LORD SAID UNTO ELIPHAZ, THE TEMANITE, as the spokesman and leader of the three friends, MY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED TO PROSPERITY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOBS REPENTANCE AND PRAYER (vv.1-9) Who would not be totally subdued after hearing God speak such things as He did to Job? What a change took place in Job's attitude and in his words! He was humbled...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-9 After the Lord had convinced and humbled Job, and brought him to repentance, he owned him, comforted him, and put honour upon him. The devil had undertaken to prove Job a hypocrite, and his three...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TO ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE; as the eldest of the three, and because he spoke first, and by his evil example led the rest into the same mistakes and miscarriages. THY TWO FRIENDS, to wit, Bildad and Zopha...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 42:7 after H310 LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) words H1697 Job H347 LORD H3068 said H559 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's self-judgment, followed by new prosperity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz, three friends. CONCLUSION: Righteousness in a man is excellent but when one becomes too much aware of their...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 42:5. _But now mine eye seeth thee._ I have seen thee in thy works, and heard the voice of nature. I have heard all those speeches of my friends, circumscribed in knowledge, and erroneous in judgm...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends._ JOB’S FRIENDS CONDEMNED AND HE ACQUITTED These words suggest the following reflections. I. God is an auditor to all the discussions...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Job answered the Lord, and said._ JOB’S CONFESSION AND RESTORATION I. Job’s acknowledgment of God’s greatness. Throughout his speeches Job had frequently asserted the majesty of God. But now h...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:7 Epilogue: The Vindication, Intercession, and Restoration of Job. The final section of the book reveals on earth what the prologue had stated: Job’s suffering was not a consequence...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 42:11. “_A piece of money_.” According to Gesenius and others, קשׂיִטָה (_kesitah_), from the unused root קָשַׂט = قَسَطٰ (_kasata_) to “be just or true;” whence قسْط (_Kistoon_) “balances;”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VII.—HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO THE DIALOG EXPOSITION JOB 42:1 This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part (Job 42:1) Job makes his final subm

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from thee (Job 42:1-2). Pretty important: "I know God can do everything." Secondly, "I kno...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 11:1; Job 11:5; Job 11:6; Job 2:11; Job 32:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    GOD SPEAKS TO JOB Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those lines....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Eliphaz — As the eldest of the three, and because he spoke first, and by his example led the rest into the same miscarriages. Two friends — Elihu is not here reproved, because he dealt more mercifully...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why does Paul quote these words of Eliphaz if Eliphaz was rebuked by God in Job 42:7 for what he said? PROBLEM: Eliphaz was one of the friends of Job who came to comfort him in his affliction. In Job...

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