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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 22 - Introduction

* Eliphaz shows that a man's goodness profits not God. (1-4) Job accused of oppression. (5-14) The world before the flood. (15-20) Eliphaz exhorts Job to repentance. (21-30)

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See also Job 22 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • 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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION THE THIRD DIALOGUE _Eliphaz_ 1-2 Is there any man, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God? 3 Does your doing right benefit God, or does your being good help him...

  • 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 22 This chapter contains the third and last reply of Eliphaz to Job, in which he charges him with having too high an opinion of himself, of his holiness and righteousness, as if G...

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

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Eliphaz checks Job for his complaints of God, Job 22:1. Charges miseries on his sins, Job 22:5. Compares his case to that of the old world, Job 22:15. Assures him, that if he...

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