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Verse Job 15:15. _BEHOLD, HE PUTTETH NO TRUST IN HIS SAINTS; YEA, THE_
_HEAVENS ARE NOT CLEAN IN HIS SIGHT._] The Vulgate has, "Behold, among
his saints, none is immutable; and the heavens are not cle...
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BEHOLD, HE PUTTETH NO TRUST IN HIS SAINTS - In Job 4:18, it is, “in
his servants,” but no doubt the same thing is intended. The
reference is to the angels, called there servants, and here saints
קדשׁי...
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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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TRUST. faith. Hebrew. _'aman._ Compare Job 15:31. App-69.
SAINTS. holy ones. Here. angels. Compare Job 4:18.
SIGHT. eyes....
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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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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?...
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_his saints_ HIS HOLY ONES, i. e. His angels, cf. on ch. Job 5:1.
_the heavens_ These are here the material heavens, not the celestial
inhabitants, cf. ch. Job 25:5. So Exodus 24:10, "And they saw the...
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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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_BEHOLD, HE PUTTETH NO TRUST IN HIS SAINTS; YEA, THE HEAVENS ARE NOT
CLEAN IN HIS SIGHT._
Repeated from Job 4:18; "servants" there are "saints" here-namely,
holy angels.
HEAVENS - literally, or else...
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15:15 ones, (f-9) See ch.5.1....
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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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HE] i.e. God. SAINTS] RV 'holy ones': the angels, cp. Job 4:18.
HEAVENS] i.e. probably, 'heavenly beings.'...
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Eliphaz repeated the same lesson as in Job 4:17. He said that nobody
is perfect. So he thought that Job must be evil too.
Eliphaz was right to say that nobody is perfect. We must all confess
our evil...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 15
ELIPHAZ’S SECOND SPEECH...
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BEHOLD. — Comp. Job 4:18; Job 5:5....
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הֵ֣ן _בִּ֭_†_קְדֹשָׁיו_† לֹ֣א
יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝ שָׁמַ֗יִם...
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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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_Unchangeable, of his own nature, and during this life. (Calmet) ---
Hebrew and Septuagint, "is not trusted by him," till they have been
tried, (Haydock; chap. iv. 17.; None is good but God alone, Mar...
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(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...
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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, HE PUTTETH NO TRUST IN HIS SAINTS,.... In holy men, set apart
for himself by his grace, whose sins are expiated by the blood of his
Son, and whose hearts are sanctified by his Spirit, and who...
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_Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight._
Ver. 15. _Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints_] Here he
proceedeth to prove that which Job never denied...
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_What is man?_ Hebrew, אנושׁ, _enosh, frail, weak, imperfect man;
that he should be clean?_ That is, that he should pretend to be so;
or, that any should expect to find him so: _and he that is born of...
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Behold, He putteth no trust in His saints, not even in His holy
angels, because they are finite and beneath Him in dignity; YEA, THE
HEAVENS, the very home of bliss, ARE NOT CLEAN IN HIS SIGHT, they d...
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ELIPHAZ ACCUSES JOB OF IMPIETY...
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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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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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_ In his saints_, i.e. in his angels, as appears by comparing JOB
4:18, who are called his _saints_ or _holy ones_, Deuteronomy 33:2
Psalms 103:20...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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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_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...
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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 15:14 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...
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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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Isaiah 6:2; Job 25:5; Job 4:18...
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Saints — In his angels, Job 4:18, who are called his saints or holy
ones, Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalms 103:20. Who though they were created
holy, yet many of them fell. Heavens — The angels that dwell in...