George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Job 15:31
That he. Hebrew and Septuagint, "for vanity shall be his reward." (Haydock) --- If he would repent, he might still be safe. (Menochius)
That he. Hebrew and Septuagint, "for vanity shall be his reward." (Haydock) --- If he would repent, he might still be safe. (Menochius)
Verse Job 15:31. _LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED_] 7. He has many _vain_ _imaginations_ of obtaining wealth, power, pleasure, and happiness; but he is _deceived_; and he finds that he has trusted בשוא...
LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY - The sense is, “Let him not trust in vanity. He will be deceived. Vanity will be his recompense.” The idea is, that a man should not confide in that which...
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...
The disastrous end of the wicked man....
The verse reads, Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived: For vanity shall be his recompence. Similarly, "they that plow iniquity reap the same," ch. Job 4:8; Job 5:13. Eliphaz returns as in ot...
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...
DISCOURSE: 466 THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IS VANITY Job 15:31. _Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence_. THE friends of Job were enlightened and pious men; but th...
LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY— _Let him not trust in prosperity; it is a mere illusion; for it will turn out nothing but vanity:_ Heath: who renders the next verse, _For his branch shal...
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...
_LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY: FOR VANITY SHALL BE HIS RECOMPENCE._ Rather, 'let him not trust in vanity (or) he will be deceived,' etc. VANITY, х_ SHAAW'_ (H7723)] - that which is u...
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...
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; h...
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...
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...
LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY. — Or, _Let him not trust in vanity deceiving himself._ (Comp. James 1:26; 1 Samuel 12:21.)...
אַל ־יַאֲמֵ֣ן _בַּ_†__†_שָּׁ֣יו_† נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי...
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...
Let not him that is (t) deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. (t) He stands in his own conceit, that he will give no place to good counsel, therefore his own pride will bring...
(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...
LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY,.... Every wicked man is deceived, either by Satan, who deceives the whole world, deceived our first parents, and deceives all their posterity, not only pr...
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Ver. 31. _Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity_] Let it suffice him that he hath been once already deceived b...
_Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity_ That is, in the vain and deceitful things of this world, such as power, riches, honour, &c., of which, and of the loss of them, he had been discoursing l...
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity, rather, let him not trust in vanity, he deceives himself; FOR VANITY SHALL BE HIS RECOMPENSE, everyone who trusts in the vain possessions of this world wi...
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...
The evil man who trusts in worthless possessions will receive nothing of value....
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...
IN VANITY, i.e. in the vain and deceitful things of this world, such as power, riches, honour, &c., of which, and of the loss of them, he had been largely discoursing; and now he subjoins a general ca...
Job 15:31 trust H539 (H8686) futile H7723 deceiving H8582 (H8738) futility H7723 reward H8545 not him -...
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...
Ephesians 5:6; Galatians 6:3; Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Hosea 8:7;...
Vanity — In the vain and deceitful things of this world, he subjoins a general caution to all men to take heed of running into the same error and mischief. Vanity — Disappointment and dissatisfaction,...