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Verse Job 4:3. _THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY_] Thou hast seen many in
affliction and distress, and thou hast given them such advice as was
suitable to their state, and effectual to their relief; and by...
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BEHOLD, THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY - That is, thou hast instructed many
how they ought to bear trials, and hast delivered important maxims to
them on the great subject of the divine government. This is...
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CHAPTER S 4-5 THE FIRST ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ
_ 1. He rebukes Job (Job 4:1)_
2. The righteous are not cast off (Job 4:6)
3. An awe-inspiring vision (Job 4:12)
4. Experience and exhortation ...
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Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the
tone of Job's speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He
wonders that Job, who had comforted so many others in trouble, sh...
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First, Eliphaz wonders that Job, who had comforted so many in trouble,
and who was a righteous man, should fall into such despair under his
afflictions, forgetting the great principle that the righteo...
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_the weak hands_ lit. the hands hanging down, a sign of helplessness
and despondency, 2 Samuel 4:1; Isaiah 13:7. Comp. Job's words of
himself, ch. Job 29:15-16....
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TEXT 4:1-11
4 THEN ANSWERED ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, AND SAID,
2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed man...
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_BEHOLD, THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY, AND THOU HAST STRENGTHENED THE
WEAK HANDS._
Weak hands - (Isaiah 35:3; 2 Samuel 4:1)....
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ (JOB 4:5)
Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends:
cp. Job 32:6. He is also the most considerate. But the complainings of
Job in Job 3 had evi...
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At first, Eliphaz believed that Job was a good man. (Later, Eliphaz
would change his opinion (Job chapter 22).) Perhaps Eliphaz heard
about Job’s good deeds (Job 29:11-17). Perhaps Job had even helped...
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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 4
ELIPHAZ’S FIRST SPEECH
V...
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BEHOLD, THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY. — There is a conspicuous want of
feeling in Eliphaz. Without any true sympathy, however, he may have
given the outward signs of it (Job 2:12). He charges Job with
in...
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VII.
THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN
Job 4:1; Job 5:1
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was
written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three
fr...
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“SHALL MORTAL MAN BE MORE JUST THAN GOD?”
Job 4:1
The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be
remembered that he and the two others believed that special suffering
resulted from and...
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Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which
occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in
three cycles. The first, commencing here, runs through chapter
fou...
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou (b) hast strengthened the
weak hands.
(b) You have comforted others in their afflictions but you cannot now
comfort yourself....
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(2) If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who
can withhold himself from speaking? (3) Behold, thou hast instructed
many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. (4) Thy words...
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Eliphaz Relying on Experience
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week, in Chapter 3, Job was at the height of his deep, dark,
depression!
1. In fact, he stated over and over again that he wished that he had
n...
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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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BEHOLD, THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY,.... This is introduced with a
"behold", either as a note of admiration, that such a man, who had
instructed others, should act the part he now does; or as a note of...
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands.
Ver. 3. _Behold, thou hast instructed many_] _sc._ To do each day's
duty with Christian diligence, and to bear each day's...
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_Behold, thou hast instructed many_ It is well known thou hast given
good counsel unto others, teaching them those lessons which, it
appears, thou hast not thyself learned, and wilt not practise, name...
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, namely, with words of loving
reproof and admonition, AND THOU HAST STRENGTHENED THE WEAK HANDS,
causing the slack hands to take up their tasks with new vigor....
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Job having thus given way to his impatience, his friends thought it
their duty to correct him. But instead of showing him in what respect
his position was wrong, they proceed according to the assumpti...
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ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE
(vv.1-6)
The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in
reference to Job's sufferings, and had no idea of God's love. Eliphaz
no doubt though...
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"BEHOLD YOU HAVE ADMONISHED MANY, AND YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED WEAK
HANDS, YOUR WORDS HAVE HELPED THE TOTTERING TO STAND, AND YOU HAVE
STRENGTHENED FEEBLE KNEES, BUT NOW IT HAS COME TO YOU, AND YOU ARE...
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1-6 Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and
his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted, and
showed impatience. This we must keep in mind if we would under...
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THOU HAST INSTRUCTED MANY; teaching them those lessons which thou hast
not learned, and wilt not practise, to wit, patiently to bear
afflictions, and to submit to God's will and providence in all thin...
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Job 4:3 instructed H3256 (H8765) many H7227 strengthened H2388 (H8762)
weak H7504 hands H3027
Behold -...
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CONTENTS: Eliphaz's theory in regard to Job's suffering.
CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job.
CONCLUSION: Those who pass rash and uncharitable censures upon their
brethren, do Satan's work. We should be c...
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Job 4:1. _Eliphaz answered,_ being the eldest, or the more eloquent.
Job 4:3. _Thou hast instructed many._ The holy patriarchs were all
preachers of righteousness on the sabbath days, &c, He admits t...
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_Thou hast strengthened the weak hands._
PREACHING EASIER THAN PRACTISING
Behold, thou hast instructed many, etc. To do each day’s duty with
Christian diligence, and to bear each day’s crosses with C...
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_Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said._
THE FIRST COLLOQUY
At this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three
colloquies between Job and his friends. In form these colloquies
clos...
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JOB 4:1 The Friends and Job: Can Job Be Right before God? The main
section of the book contains the dialogue between Job and the three
friends. It opens with Job’s initial lament (Job 3:1) and then
al...
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_COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS_
First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job
FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ
_Eliphaz censures Job for his impatience, an...
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EXPOSITION
Job having ended his complaint, Eliphaz the Temanite, the first-named
of his three friends (Job 2:11), and perhaps the eldest of them, takes
the word, and endeavours to answer him. After a...
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So Job has made his complaint, and so Eliphaz, his friend who came to
comfort him, he said,
If we attempt to talk to you, will you be grieved? [But really after
what you've said] who can keep silent?...
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Colossians 4:6; Deuteronomy 3:28; Ephesians 4:29; Ezekiel 13:22;...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF ELIPHAZ
Job 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most
interesting. Job's three friends have at last broken their silence,
and Eliphaz th...