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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Job 22:6

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, there being no need for Job, who had been wealthy, to be so exacting in collecting moneys due him from his relatives, and stripped the naked of their clothing, taking even the last piece of garment which they possessed, Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 24:6 to Deuteronomy 10:11, against every sentiment of humanity.

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See also Job 22:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 22:6. _THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE_] Thou hast been vexatious in all thy doings, and hast exacted where nothing was due, so that through thee the poor have been unable to procure their necessar...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE FROM THY BROTHER FOR NOUGHT - The only evidence which Eliphaz seems to have had of this was, that this was a heinous sin, and that as Job seemed to be severely punished, i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE THIRD SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz _ 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1)_ 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 22. THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. The only new thing that Eliphaz has to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness makes him end with bright promises. JOB 22:1. Is it not to Job'...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    STRIPPED THE NAKED. Figure of speech _Oxymoron._ App-6. THE NAKED. the poorly clad, or threadbare....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Compare the laws, Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:10. The "naked" are those poorly clad. See Job's reply to this, ch. Job 31:19....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's afflictions are because of his sins sins which Eliphaz now suggests and enumerates. They are such sins as a powerful Oriental ruler naturally falls into, inhumanity, avarice, and abuse of power....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Third Circle of Speeches In the first round of speeches the three friends exhausted the argument from the general conception of God. In the second they exhausted the argument from the operation o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE— See chap. Job 24:7. Who that sees this ranked among the greatest enormities, says Bishop Warbuton, but will reflect that it must have been written by one studied in the l...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Specific sins charged against Job, and their consequences (Job 22:6-11) TEXT 22:6-11 6 FOR THOU HAST TAKEN PLEDGES OF THY BROTHER FOR NOUGHT, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou ha...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE FROM THY BROTHER FOR NOUGHT, AND STRIPPED THE NAKED OF THEIR CLOTHING._ The crimes alleged, on a harsh inference, by Eliphaz against Job, are such as he would think likel...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ 1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Cp. Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 24:17....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Eliphaz began his list of Job’s evil deeds. Job did not really do any such things. Eliphaz had no evidence, so he was guessing. Many people today would say that such deeds are not evil. These people...

  • 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 22 ELIPHAZ’S LAST SPEECH G...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE FROM THY BROTHER. — These specific charges, false as they were, show the depth to which Eliphaz had sunk....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּ בִגְדֵ֖י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD” Job 22:1 Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an _enumeration of Job's fancied misdeeds,_ Job 22:1....

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

    Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he mad...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For thou hast taken a (c) pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (c) You have been cruel and without charity, and would do nothing for the poor, but for your ow...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Pledge. Hebrew, "person." Debtors might be sold, Matthew xviii. 30._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) В¶ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? (6) For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (7) Thou hast not given water...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOU HAST TAKEN A PLEDGE FROM THY BROTHER FOR NOUGHT,.... It can hardly be thought that it was for nothing at all, on no consideration whatever, or that nothing was lent, for which the pledge was...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing._ Ver. 6. _For thou hast taken a pledge, &c._] _Bona verba, quaeso,_ I seek good words, Eliphaz. Ho...

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

    _For thou hast taken a pledge_ Or, _surely thou hast taken._ He speaks thus, by way of conjecture, or strong presumption: as if he had said, When I consider thy grievous and unusual calamities, I just...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    STRIPPED THE NAKED OF THEIR CLOTHING: _ Heb._ stripped the clothes of the naked...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Specific sins are now charged against Job. "Without any evidence whatsoever, Eliphaz openly charged Job with several social evils" _(Zuck p. 103)._ In the Law of Moses it was decreed that if. man was...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR THOU HAST TAKEN, or, _surely thou hast taken_. He speaks thus by way of conjecture, or strong presumption. When I consider thy grievous and unusual calamities, I justly conclude thou art guilty of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 22:6 pledges H2254 (H8799) brother H251 reason H2600 stripped H6584 (H8686) naked H6174 clothing H899 For

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's third discourse, accusing Job again of hypocrisy. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: It is the duty of those especially who are in affliction to keep up a perfect acquain...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 22:5. _Is not thy wickedness great?_ This speech of Eliphaz is cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to it m...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is not thy wickedness great?_ THE CHARGE AGAINST JOB I. Wrong in relation to man. In regard to the charge which he here brings against Job, it is worthy of note that whilst most expositors regard E...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 22:1 Third Cycle. The consistent pattern of the first two cycles unravels in this last dialogue. Eliphaz describes Job’s life as a constant stream of wicked activity (ch. Job

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 22:5 Eliphaz assumes that Job’s circumstances reveal significant EVIL in his life. He describes the likely ways that Job has sinned. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE_ Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present sufferings; concludes with pro...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 22:1 Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, _e.g._ on the unprofitableness of man to God (verses l, 2), and on the s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad accusations. He said, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 2:8; Deuteronomy 24:10; Exodus 22:26; Ezekiel 18:12; Ezekiel

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Surely — He speaks thus by way of strong presumption, when I consider thy unusual calamities, I conclude thou art guilty of all, or some of these crimes. Brother — Of thy neighbour. Nought — Without s...

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