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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 16 - Introduction

* Job reproves his friends. (1-5) He represents his case as deplorable. (6-16) Job maintains his innocency. (17-22)

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See also Job 16 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 16-17. JOB'S ANSWER. We see that the speech of Eliphaz has not missed its mark. Job complains that everyone is against him. But Job's realisation how vain is the help of man, serves to drive him b...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's Reply to Eliphaz Job's appeal to God (ch. Job 13:23 _seq_.) remained unanswered. God is resolved to hide His face from him. His friends, instead of seeing in his appeal to Heaven and his protes...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION 2 I have heard words like that before; the comfort you give is only torment. 3 Are you going to keep on talking forever? Do you always have to have the last word? 4 If you...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JOB 16 This chapter and the following contain Job's reply to the preceding discourse of Eliphaz, in which he complains of the conversation of his friends, as unprofitable, uncomfortab...

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

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Job upbraids his friends with unkindness, Job 16:1. Bemoans himself, Job 16:6. Appeals from their censure to the righteous judgment of God. 17-22....

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