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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 22:20

(20) Whereas our substance... — These are probably the words of the righteous and the innocent: “Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.” The rendering in the Authorised Version is probably less correct, though in that also these words seem to be those of the innocent in Job 22:19.

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See also Job 22:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 22:20. _WHEREAS OUR SUBSTANCE IS NOT CUT DOWN_] We, who fear the Lord, still continue in health and peace; whereas they who have departed from him are destroyed even to their very remnant....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREAS OUR SUBSTANCE IS NOT CUT DOWN - Margin, or, “Estate” Gesenius supposes that this means our adversary or enemy. The word used here (קים _qı̂ym_) he regards as derived from קוּם _qûm_ - to rise...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE THIRD SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz _ 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1)_ 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 22. THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. The only new thing that Eliphaz has to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness makes him end with bright promises. JOB 22:1. Is it not to Job'...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHEREAS. Supply Ellipsis (App-6), "[and say] Surely", &c. See translation below....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These two verses are connected together,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz, having in Job 22:6 suggested what Job's offences must have been, now suggests under what feeling in regard to God he must have committed them. He thought God so far removed from the world tha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Third Circle of Speeches In the first round of speeches the three friends exhausted the argument from the general conception of God. In the second they exhausted the argument from the operation o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HAST THOU MARKED? &C.— As the universal deluge was a most signal and memorable instance of God's displeasure against wickedness and wicked men, Eliphaz takes occasion to enlarge upon it for five or si...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. Warning that all evil men have been punished (Job 22:12-20) TEXT 22:12-20 12 IS NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, What...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEREAS OUR SUBSTANCE IS NOT CUT DOWN, BUT THE REMNANT OF THEM THE FIRE CONSUMETH._ Whereas our substance is not cut down. The triumphant speech of the pious. If "substance" be retained translate, r...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:20 his (f-15) Lit. 'their.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RV '_Saying,_ Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off.' THE REMNANT OF THEM] RM 'that which remained to them.' 21-30. Eliphaz advises Job to make his peace with God, assuring him of resto...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ 1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 22 ELIPHAZ’S LAST SPEECH G...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job was afraid when he thought about the lives of wicked people (Job 21:6). But Eliphaz was glad to think about their troubles. He was sure that God would soon punish them. ELIPHAZ TELLS JOB TO STOP...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִם ־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝ יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD” Job 22:1 Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an _enumeration of Job's fancied misdeeds,_ Job 22:1....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he mad...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Whereas (o) our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of (p) them the fire consumeth. (o) That is, the state and preservation of the godly, is hid under God's wings. (p) Meaning of the wicked....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Their. Hebrew, "our." (Calmet) --- "Whereas our substance is not cut down." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- But the Septuagint and Chaldean agree with the Vulgate, which gives a better sense. --- Fire, w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) В¶ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? (6) For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (7) Thou hast not given water...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREAS OUR SUBSTANCE IS NOT CUT DOWN,.... As yours is; Noah and his family were preserved in the ark, and the creatures with him, and sufficient sustenance was laid up for them all, when everything r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. Ver. 20. _Whereas our substance is not cut down_] That is, while life lasteth, and while it is called today; before...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Whereas_ Or rather, _seeing that_, or, _because_, when wicked men are destroyed, they are preserved. He should have said _their substance;_ but he changes the person, and saith, _our substance;_ eith...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. That is the sum of the mocking speeches which the righteous heap upon the ungodly: Verily, destroyed is our adversary...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING TO AVOID FURTHER PUNISHMENTS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SUBSTANCE: Or, estate REMNANT: Or, their excellency...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-20 Eliphaz would have Job mark the old way that wicked men have trodden, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, that we may not walk therein. But if others are consume...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHEREAS; or, _when_; or, _seeing that_; or, _because_; for this Hebrew particle _im_ is oft used for _chi_. And so the following words may contain the reason of the joy and laughter of the innocent, m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 22:20 Surely H518 adversaries H7009 down H3582 (H8738) fire H784 consumes H398 (H8804) remnant H3499

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's third discourse, accusing Job again of hypocrisy. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: It is the duty of those especially who are in affliction to keep up a perfect acquain...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 22:5. _Is not thy wickedness great?_ This speech of Eliphaz is cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to it m...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?_ THE WAY OF THE WICKED DESCRIBED It is commonly remarked, how little advantage mankind make of each other’s experience. This is surely a s...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE_ Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present sufferings; concludes with pro...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 22:1 Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, _e.g._ on the unprofitableness of man to God (verses l, 2), and on the s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad accusations. He said, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 2:6; 2 Peter 2:7; Genesis 19:24; Job 1:16; Job 15:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Because — Because when wicked men are destroyed, they are preserved. He should have said their substance; but he changes the person, and saith, our substance; either as including himself in the member...

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