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IT STOOD STILL - It took a fixed position and looked on me. It at
first glided by, or toward him, then stood in an immovable position,
as if to attract his attention, and to prepare him for the solemn...
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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 confirms the truth of his doctrine by telling of a vision
which he had had. A revelation came upon him like a thief in the night
(lit. a word stole upon me). His thoughts were raised to a high...
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Third, surely instead of despairing and murmuring under his
afflictions Job should follow a very different way. I, says Eliphaz,
putting himself in Job's place, would seek unto God, all whose doings
a...
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Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the
unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all creatures,
and warns Job against such complaints
Having expressed his wonder th...
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_it stood still It_is the mysterious object in his presence.
_there was silence, and I heard a voice_ lit. _stillness and a voice I
heard_, i. e. probably, I HEARD A STILL VOICE; cf. "whisper," Job
4...
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DISCOURSE: 454
ELIPHAZ REPROVES JOB
Job 4:12. Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear
received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night,
when deep sleep falleth on men,...
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IT STOOD STILL, BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF, &C.— _It
stood still indeed, but I knew not its form: the appearance vanished
from before mine eyes, but I heard a voice._ Houbigant. Dr. Grey...
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2. The Visionno mortal can question God's just acts. (Job 4:12-21)
TEXT 4:12-21
12 NOW A THING WAS SECRETLY BROUGHT TO ME,
And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions...
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_IT STOOD STILL, BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF: AN IMAGE
WAS BEFORE MINE EYES, THERE WAS SILENCE, AND I HEARD A VOICE, SAYING,_
It stood still. At first the apparition glides before Elipha...
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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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The Bible describes good spirits and evil spirits.
Good spirits come from God. They teach us the truth about God. God
sends them to help us. Good spirits are probably the same as angels
(God’s servan...
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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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יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽ לֹא ־אַכִּ֬יר
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה...
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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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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image
[was] before mine eyes, [there was] (k) silence, and I heard a voice,
[saying],
(k) When all things were quiet or when the fear was...
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_And I. Protestants, " there was silence, and I heard a voice."
Marginal note, "a still voice." Septuagint, "But I heard a breeze and
a voice." (Haydock)_...
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(12) В¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear
received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the
night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (14) Fear came upon me, and
trem...
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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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IT STOOD STILL,.... That is, the spirit, or the angel in a visible
form; it was before going to and fro, but now it stood still right
against Eliphaz, as if it had something to say to him, and so
prep...
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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image
[was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice,
[saying],
Ver. 16. _It stood still_] As now ready to speak. An amb...
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_It stood still_ Though it passed by me, it did not immediately
disappear and vanish, but made a stand, as having some business with
me, and designing to address me. _But I could not discern the form...
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it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof, it had the
shadowy indistinctness which creates such an impression of awe; AN
IMAGE WAS BEFORE MINE EYES, THERE WAS SILENCE, AND I HEARD A VOI...
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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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THERE WAS SILENCE:
Or, I heard a still voice...
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12-21 Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own
hearts, and are still, Psalms 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit
to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear....
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IT STOOD STILL; having passed by him to and again he made a stand, as
one that had some business with him, and addressed himself to speak to
him. I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF; to wit, exactly...
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Job 4:13
I. Consider the spectre itself and its appearance. (1) It was produced
by a likeness of moral state. It was a time of thought. But this does
not convey all the idea of the passage. The Hebrew...
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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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_There was silence and I heard a voice._
SILENCE AND A VOICE
1. God’s humbling dispensations toward His people will all come to a
good issue, and the close of all His dealings will still be sweet. F...
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_In thoughts from the visions of the night._
THE SPECTRE’S QUESTION
Disguise it how we may, this is a ghost story.
I. Attempt to realise the spectre. Recollect that for every one of us
spirit has 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—NOTE ON JOB 4:12 Eliphaz reports that he had a vision (vv. Job
4:12) and then describes its content (vv. Job 4:17). The vision raises
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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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1 Kings 19:12...
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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...
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Stood — Having passed by him to, and again, he made a stand, and
addressed himself to speak. The form — Exactly and distinctly. An
image — I saw some visible resemblance, though in a confused manner....