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Verse Job 15:4. _THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR_] Thou hast no reverence for
God.
_AND RESTRAINEST PRAYER_] Instead of _humbling_ thyself, and making
_supplication_ to thy Judge, thou spendest thy time in arr...
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YEA, THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR - Margin, Makest void. Fear here means the
fear or reverence of God; and the idea is, that Job had not maintained
a proper veneration or respect for his Maker in his argumen...
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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...
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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...
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FEAR. reverence.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4....
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Job was more than unwise, he was doing away with all fear of God.
_castest off fear_ Or, as margin, MAKEST VOID, doest away with, THE
FEAR OF GOD.
_restrainest prayer_ Rather, IMPAIREST REVERENCE or...
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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...
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YEA, THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR, &C.— _Truly thou loosest the bonds of
religion; thou preventest the groans or prayers which are sent up to
God._ Houbigant....
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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...
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_YEA, THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR, AND RESTRAINEST PRAYER BEFORE GOD._
Castest off fear - Hebrew, 'breakest'-reverence for God (Job 4:6;
Psalms 2:11, "Serve the Lord with fear").
PRAYER - meditation, in P...
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15:4 piety (c-4) Or 'fear [of God].'...
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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...
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Job said that good men often have awful lives. And he said that evil
men have good lives (Job 12:6). Eliphaz could not agree. He believed
that God rewards a good man. Eliphaz also believed that God pu...
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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 15
ELIPHAZ’S SECOND SPEECH...
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YEA, THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR. — The tendency also of Job has been to
encourage a kind of fatalism (_e.g.,_ Job 12:16), and therefore to
check the offering of prayer to God, besides setting an example wh...
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אַף ־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְ
תִגְרַ֥ע שׂ֝
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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Yea, thou castest off (c) fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
(c) He charges Job as though his talk caused men to cast off the fear
of God and prayer....
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_God. Another, after thy example, will assert his own innocence under
affliction, and will not fear, nor have recourse to God by humble
prayer. Behold the dangerous consequences of thy principle. (Cal...
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(4) Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
This, had it been true, would have been a heavy charge: and if false,
made Eliphaz a transgressor. Reader! you may safely conclude,...
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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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YEA, THOU CASTEST OFF FEAR,.... Not of man; a slavish fear of man is
to be cast off, because that brings a snare, deters men from their
duty, and leads into sin; though there is a fear and reverence o...
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Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Ver. 4. _Yea, thou casiest off fear_] Heb. Thou makest void fear;
that is, religion, whereof the fear of God is both the beginning,
Prov...
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_Yea, thou castest off fear_ Hebrew, _Thou makest void fear;_ the fear
of God, piety, and religion, by thy unworthy speeches of God, and by
those false and pernicious principles, that God makes no dif...
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ELIPHAZ ATTEMPTS TO REBUKE JOB...
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Yea, thou, castest off fear, bringing to naught, making void, breaking
down true piety, AND RESTRAINEST PRAYER BEFORE GOD, injuring and
removing the proper devotional attitude, both of which are neces...
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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...
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Next he charges Job with being irreverent in his speech. "Rather than
fostering. reverent attitude toward God, Job, according to Eliphaz,
did away with (literally, diminished or undermined) reverence,...
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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...
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Heb. _Thou makest void fear_, i.e. the fear of God, as the word is oft
used FOR THE WORD OF GOD; or piety and religion, which oft cometh
under the name of fear. This may be understood either,
1. Of J...
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Job 15:4 off H6565 (H8686) fear H3374 restrain H1639 (H8799) prayer
H7881 before H6440 God H410
castest off -
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Job 15:4
This text helps us to put our finger on the cause of a great deal that
is amiss in all of us. It is very likely, it is all but certain, that
the reason of all our trouble, and dull discourag...
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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...
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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...
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_Thou restrainest prayer before God._
THE HINDRANCES TO SPIRITUAL PRAYER
All the motives by which the heart of man can be influenced, combine
to urge upon him the great duty of prayer. Whence, then,...
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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...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:4 YOU ARE DOING AWAY WITH THE FEAR OF GOD. The
Hebrew lacks the words “of God” (see esv footnote). However, the
reference to God in the second half of the verse and the overall
emph...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; Amos 6:10; Galatians 2:21;...
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Castest off — Heb. thou makes void fear; the fear of God, piety and
religion, by thy unworthy speeches of God, and by those false and
pernicious principles, that God makes no difference between good a...