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Verse Job 15:34. _THE CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITES_]
11. Job is here classed with _hypocrites_, or rather the _impious_ of
all kinds. The _congregation_, or _adath, society_, of such, shall be
_desolat...
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FOR THE CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITES - The word rendered
“congregation” here (עדה _‛__êdâh_) means properly an
appointed meeting; a meeting convened by appointment or at stated
times (from ידה _yâdâ...
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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...
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CONGREGATION. assembly.
TABERNACLES. tents....
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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...
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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...
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The disastrous end of the wicked man....
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The same truth as that expressed in Job 15:31 now taught without
figure, and reduced to a general principle.
_congregation of hypocrites_ Or, _company of the ungodly_, ch. Job
8:13; Job 13:16. "Desola...
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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...
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_FOR THE CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITES SHALL BE DESOLATE, AND FIRE SHALL
CONSUME THE TABERNACLES OF BRIBERY._
Rather, The banding together of the hypocrites (wicked) shall be
fruitless (Umbreit). Maurer...
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15:34 family (d-3) Or 'assembly,' 'company.'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DESOLATE. — This was Job’s own word (Job 3:7), and as it is an
uncommon word, there may be some intentional reference to his use of
it....
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כִּֽי ־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝
אֵ֗שׁ אָכ
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of (x) bribery.
(x) Who were built or maintained by bribery....
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(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...
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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...
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FOR THE CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITES [SHALL BE] DESOLATE,.... Hypocrites
are such who seem to and would be thought to be, what they are not;
they are outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly very wi...
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For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Ver. 34. _For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate_] Heb.
Of the hypocrite; wher...
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_For the congregation of hypocrites_ Their children, servants,
friends, and dependants; _shall be desolate_ That is, utterly
destroyed; _and fire_ Some eminent and terrible judgment of God, often
expr...
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For the congregation of hypocrites, the company of the wicked and
profligate, SHALL BE DESOLATE, barren, having no lasting good fortune,
AND FIRE SHALL CONSUME THE TABERNACLES OF BRIBERY, the fire of...
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ELIPHAZ ACCUSES JOB OF IMPIETY...
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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...
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"TENTS OF THE CORRUPT": This seems to infer that Job had gained his
wealth through underhanded means....
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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...
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THE CONGREGATION, i.e. their children, and servants, and friends, and
dependents. DESOLATE, i.e. utterly destroyed. _Fire_, i.e. some
eminent and terrible judgment of God, which is oft expressed by fi...
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Job 15:34 company H5712 hypocrites H2611 barren H1565 fire H784
consume H398 (H8804) tents H168 bribery H7810...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:20 Eliphaz describes the WICKED MAN. He hopes
that Job will see himself in the descriptions and will repent.
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 8:3; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12; Isaiah 33:14;...