Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 15:33
He shall shake off his unripe (u) grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
(u) As one who gathers grapes before they are ripe.
He shall shake off his unripe (u) grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
(u) As one who gathers grapes before they are ripe.
Verse Job 15:33. _HE SHALL SHAKE OFF HIS UNRIPE GRAPE_] 10. Whatever _children_ he may have, they shall never survive him, nor come to mature age. They shall be like _wind-fall grapes_ and _blasted o...
HE SHALL SHAKE OFF HIS UNRIPE GRAPE AS THE VINE - The idea here is, that the wicked man shall be like a vine that casts off its grapes while they are yet sour and green, and brings none to perfection;...
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...
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...
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...
The disastrous end of the wicked man....
It is doubtful if the A. V. expresses a meaning which is true to nature; the vine does not shake off its unripe grapes. The words must rather express the meaning that the grapes are not brought to mat...
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 SHAKE OFF HIS UNRIPE GRAPE AS THE VINE, AND SHALL CAST OFF HIS FLOWER AS THE OLIVE._ Image of incompleteness. The loss of the unripe grapes is poetically made the vine tree's own act, in ord...
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...
יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּ † גֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְרֹ֑ו וְ יַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ...
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...
_First. Hebrew, "unripe." (Haydock) --- He shall derive no aid or comfort from his young family._...
(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 SHAKE OFF HIS UNRIPE GRAPE AS THE VINE,.... Either the wicked man himself shall shake off or lose his substance; or God shall shake off from him all that was dear and valuable to him; or he s...
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. Ver. 33. _He shall shake off his unripe grapes as the vine_] _Filios intelligit per batra, et pueros per f...
_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...
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, losing his gains before he has had any enjoyment of them, AND SHALL CAST OFF HIS FLOWER AS THE OLIVE. As the olive-tree, every other year, casts its bl...
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...
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; either, 1. The wicked man, who by his sins is the author of his own ruin. Or, 2. God, who is easily understood, both from the matter and context. SHALL SHAKE OFF, Heb. _shall take away by violenc...
Job 15:33 off H2554 (H8799) grape H1154 vine H1612 off H7993 (H8686) blossom H5328 tree H2132 shake 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...
Deuteronomy 28:39; Deuteronomy 28:40; Isaiah 33:9; Revelation 6:13...