Verse Job 15:32. It shall be accomplished before his time] I believe the Vulgate gives the true sense: Antequam dies ejus impleantur, peribit; "He shall perish before his time; before his days are completed."
8. He shall be removed by a violent death, and not live out half his days.
9. And his branch shall not be green - there shall be no scion from his roots; all his posterity shall fail.
IT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE HIS TIME - Margin, “cut off.” The image here is that of a tree, which had been suggested in Job 15:30. Here it is followed up by various illustrations drawn from the fl...
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...
_Before his time_ lit. _before his day_, that is, the natural day of his death, cf. ch. Job 22:16; and the clause means, in the midst of his years (Psalms 55:23) his recompence, or exchange, is fulfil...
The disastrous end of the wicked man....
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...
_IT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE HIS TIME, AND HIS BRANCH SHALL NOT BE GREEN._ Literally, 'it (the tree to which he is compared Job 15:30 or else his life) shall be filled up' i:e., 'he shall be ende...
15:32 day, (c-7) That is, 'the day of his death.'...
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...
IT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED. — That is, paid in full before its time. The remainder of this chapter calls for little explanation. In it the speaker only repeats the orthodox and familiar saw that the wic...
בְּֽ לֹא ־יֹ֭ומֹו תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝ כִפָּתֹ֗ו לֹ
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...
_Hands; strength and prosperity. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "his branch shall not grow thick." (Haydock)_...
(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...
IT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE HIS TIME, Either the recompence or reward of his trusting vanity, in vain persons or things, the punishment of such a trust, the sorrows and troubles following upon it;...
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. Ver. 32. _It shall be accomplished before his time_] Heb. In not his day. That recompense before mentioned of calamity and...
_It shall be accomplished_ Namely, that which was last mentioned, that _vanity should be his recompense: before his time_ When, by the course of nature, and common providence, he might have continued...
It shall be accomplished before his time, before his appointed time has run its course, the fulfillment of the evil will strike him, AND HIS BRANCH SHALL NOT BE GREEN, the picture of a decaying, palm-...
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...
ACCOMPLISHED: Or, cut off...
"Like. vine without grapes, and. dying olive tree,. reprobate dies prematurely" _(Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 738)._ The theory here is that God always repays the wicked before they depart from this life...
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...
IT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED, to wit, that which was last mentioned, that _vanity should be his recompence_. Or, it, i.e. his branch, mentioned in the next clause of the verse, from which it is understood...
Job 15:32 accomplished H4390 (H8735) before H3808 time H3117 branch H3712 green H7488 accomplished - or, cut off,...
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. ⇐...
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...
_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...
Ecclesiastes 7:17; Ezekiel 17:8; Hosea 14:5; Hosea 9:16; Isaiah 27:1
Accomplished — That vanity should be his recompence. Before — When by the course of nature, and common providence he might have continued much longer....