Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 15:16
Who — Who besides his natural proneness to sin, has contracted habits of sinning; and sins as freely, as greedily and delightfully, as men, especially in those hot countries, drink up water.
Who — Who besides his natural proneness to sin, has contracted habits of sinning; and sins as freely, as greedily and delightfully, as men, especially in those hot countries, drink up water.
Verse Job 15:16. _HOW MUCH MORE ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY_ IS _MAN_] As in the preceding verse it is said, _he putteth no trust in his saints_, it has appeared both to translators and commentators that t...
HOW MUCH MORE ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY IS MAN - How much more than the angels, and than the heavens. In Job 4:19, the image is somewhat different. There it is, how can man be the object of the divine con...
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...
JOB 15:2 is a polemic against Job's arrogance and pretence of wisdom. Job's words are empty and violent (Job 15:2 f.). He does away with all religion (Job 15:4) and breaks the reverential stillness, w...
According to the Hebrew punctuation the verse runs, How much less the abominable and corrupt, Man, which drinketh in iniquity like water. The word "corrupt," only here and Psalms 14:3 (Psalms 53:3)...
Turning from Job's arrogant claims to superior wisdom Eliphaz must rebuke his violent and irreverent behaviour towards God: What is man that he should be clean?...
Eliphaz rebukes Job's contemptuous treatment of the opinions of his friends, and his irreverence towards God First, starting with Job's claim to a wisdom beyond that of his friends (ch. Job 12:3; Job...
II. CRISIS IN COMMUNICATION OR THE MIRACLE OF DIALOGUE? (Job 15:1, Job 21:34). A. THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THE FATE OF THE WICKEDELIPHAZ'S REBUTTAL (Job 15:1-35). 1. Job's speech and conduct are pe...
_HOW MUCH MORE ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY IS MAN, WHICH DRINKETH INIQUITY LIKE WATER?_ Filthy - in Arabic, sour (Psalms 14:3; Psalms 53:3); corrupted from his original purity. DRINKETH - (Proverbs 19:28,...
DRINKETH] thirsts after, is greedy for. 17-35. Eliphaz describes, doubtless as a warning to Job, the troubled conscience and inevitable doom of the wicked. 18, 19. Eliphaz refers to a time when his...
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...
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...
In fact, many people do not prefer to do evil things. Job always tried to do the right things (Job 1:1). AN ANCIENT LESSON V17 Listen! I will teach you. I will explain the things that I have seen....
HOW MUCH MORE ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY IS MAN... — This strong language, thus couched in general terms, is doubtless intended to reflect on Job, otherwise it would not need to have been so strong....
אַ֭ף כִּֽי ־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽ נֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ ־שֹׁת
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...
How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which (k) drinketh iniquity like water? (k) Who has a desire to sin, as he who is thirsty to drink....
_Water, with the utmost avidity and unconcern, Proverbs x. 23., and xxvi. 6._...
(14) What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? (15) Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. (1...
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...
HOW MUCH MORE ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY [IS] MAN,.... In his natural, corrupt, and unregenerate estate; man, as a creature, was not abominable, but becoming sinful he is; he is so in himself, cast out to...
How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water? Ver. 16. _How much more abominable and filthy is man?_] And therefore abominable because filthy, or stinking and nois...
_How much more abominable and filthy is man_ If saints are not to be trusted, much less sinners. If the heavens are not pure; if heavenly beings, who maintained their allegiance to their Maker, are no...
How much more abominable and filthy is man, or, "much less, then, is the utterly corrupt man," WHICH DRINKETH INIQUITY LIKE WATER? The characteristic of natural man is that he is so desirous for wicke...
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 word "detestable" means repulsive and the term "corrupt", means to sour like milk. "The clear implication is that Job is impure, unrighteous, detestable, and corrupt, and that he guzzles sin as na...
1-16 Eliphaz begins a second attack upon Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, and all regard to him, and restraining prayer. See...
Who, besides his natural proneness to sin, hath contracted habits and customs of sinning, and sinneth as freely and easily, as greedily and delightfully, as frequently and abundantly, as men, especial...
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...
_What is man that he should be clean?_ ORIGINAL SIN Of all the truths acknowledged and assumed in this ancient book, we find none more clearly or readily confessed than that of man’s original sin and...
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 15:14 Eliphaz revisits the central questions of his first response (see Job 4:17): if God does not trust fully even his heavenly servants, how can Job, a mere man, continue to claim in...
_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...
Job 20:12; Job 34:7; Job 4:19; Job 42:6; Proverbs 19:28;...