_ELIPHAZ CHARGES JOB WITH IMPIETY, IN JUSTIFYING HIMSELF: HE PROVES BY TRADITION THE UNHAPPINESS OF THE WICKED._ _Before Christ 1645._ _JOB 15:1. THEN ANSWERED ELIPHAZ_— Eliphaz, not a little incensed that Job should pay no regard to his advice, and should dare to challenge the Almighty to argue t... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU THE FIRST MAN THAT WAS BORN?— _Wast thou born before Adam?_ Schultens, Heath, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST THOU HEARD THE SECRET OF GOD?— _Decrees from God and his council?_ Heath. See on ch. Job 29:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD SMALL WITH THEE?— _Dost thou make light of the indignation of God? or hast thou some secret charm?_ Heath. Houbigant renders the latter clause, _Or hath any thing been secretly revealed to thee?_ לאט _laat,_ rendered _secret thing_ in our version, besides its general sign... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHAT DO THINE EYES WINK AT?— Or, _And what are thine eyes taking aim at?_ The verb signifies properly to _wink with one eye,_ as those who aim at a mark. See Heath and Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SHEW THEE, HEAR ME, &C.— _I will shew thee, hear me, for this I have seen; I will declare also_ (Job 15:18.) _what the wise men recounted; for they concealed not the tradition of their fathers._ Heath and Houbigant. Eliphaz, says Bp. Warburton, speaking of the wonderful works of God, declares... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOB 15:20_, &C. _THE WICKED MAN TRAVAILETH_— This is a most beautiful image of the perpetual anxiety in which a tyrant lives: when he goes to sleep, he is afraid that he shall be murdered before morning. The whole description, taken together, is undoubtedly meant for Job himself; for which he had g... [ Continue Reading ]
HE IS WAITED FOR— _He is marked out for, destined to._ Heath.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WANDERETH ABROAD, &C.— _His carcase to be cast forth as food for the vulture._ Heath. _He wandereth about, flying the oppressor._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS A KING READY TO THE BATTLE— _As the master-goat ruleth over the flock._ Heath. Schultens reads the verse thus, _Distress and perplexity shall terrify him; they shall overpower him, like a king: he is destined to the most troublous fortunes._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE RUNNETH UPON HIM— _Who will run upon him,_ &c. Job 15:27 _after he had covered his face._ Houbigant: who says that Eliphaz here points out the wicked man, flying before his destroyer, and before God himself pursuing him; who, although in his flight he throws his shield over his shoulders, yet wil... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NOT HIM THAT IS DECEIVED TRUST IN VANITY— _Let him not trust in prosperity; it is a mere illusion; for it will turn out nothing but vanity:_ Heath: who renders the next verse, _For his branch shall not flourish; it shall be cut off before its time._... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, &C.— _Conceiving in misery, and bringing forth in sorrow, their belly hath at last proved a deception._ This whole description is evidently pointed at the situation of Job. His _prosperity,_ was become vanity; his children were all cut off before their time; his family become... [ Continue Reading ]