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THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE - He does not intimate whether it
was the spirit of a man, or an angel who thus appeared. The belief in
such apparitions was common in the early ages, and indeed ha...
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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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A SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9 :.. movement of air, caused by
something unseen....
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_then a spirit_ Rather, A BREATH. It was something which he felt; that
which he saw follows in Job 4:16. The word _spirit_does not seem used
in the Old Testament in the sense of an apparition....
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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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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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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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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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_FEAR CAME UPON ME, AND TREMBLING, WHICH MADE ALL MY BONES TO SHAKE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE. — It is vain to argue from this
passage that spiritual essences are capable of being seen by the
bodily eye, because, first of all, the language is highly figurative
an...
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וְ֭ רוּחַ עַל ־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף
תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר ש
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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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_Spirit: angel, or gentle breeze. (Calmet)_...
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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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_A SPECTRAL VISITOR_
‘A spirit passed before my face.’
Job 4:15
However we may explain it, there is no doubt that the real or fancied
appearance of a human spirit, without the body, has, in all age...
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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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THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE,.... Which some interpret of a
wind q, a blustering wind, that blew strong in his face; and so the
Targum renders it, a stormy wind, such an one as Elijah perceived...
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_Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:_
Ver. 15. _Then a spirit passed before my face_] Some render it a
wind, as a messenger or forerunner of God near at hand, as 1 Kin...
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_Then_ Hebrew, _And_, as the particle ו, _vau_, generally signifies.
_A spirit passed before my face_ An angel in a visible shape,
otherwise he could not have discerned it, nor would have been
affrigh...
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Then a spirit passed before my face, gliding or flitting before him
like the apparition of an angel; THE HAIR OF MY FLESH STOOD UP, as in
sudden, extreme terror;...
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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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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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THEN, Heb. _and_, or _for_, as this particle is oft used. So this was
the reason of the foregoing thoughts and fear. A SPIRIT; an angel in
some visible shape, otherwise he could not have discerned it,...
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Job 4:15 spirit H7307 passed H2498 (H8799) face H6440 hair H8185 body
H1320 up H5568 (H8762)
a spirit -...
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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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_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
t
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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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Daniel 5:6; Hebrews 1:14; Hebrews 1:7; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3;...
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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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A spirit — An angel in visible shape, otherwise he could not have
discerned it. Stood up — Through that excessive horror caused by so
glorious, unusual, and terrible a presence....