Verse Job 22:8. _BUT_ AS FOR _THE MIGHTY MAN, HE HAD THE EARTH_] איש זרוע _ish zeroa, the man of arm_. Finger, hand, and arm, are all emblems of strength and power. The _man of arm_ is not only the _s...
BUT AS FOR THE MIGHTY MAN - Hebrew as in the margin, “man of arm.” The “arm,” in the Scriptures, is the symbol of power; Psalms 10:15, “Break thou the arm of the wicked;” Ezekiel 30:21. “I have broken...
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...
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'...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. See translation below....
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...
Job's afflictions are because of his sins sins which Eliphaz now suggests and enumerates. They are such sins as a powerful Oriental ruler naturally falls into, inhumanity, avarice, and abuse of power....
The "mighty man," lit. _man of arm_, i. e. the powerful (Psalms 10:15), and the "honourable," lit. _man of respect_, i. e. high in rank (Isaiah 3:5), is of course Job himself. _he had the earth_ Or,...
BUT AS FOR THE MIGHTY MAN— _But if any one had sown a field for himself, being in thy favour, he received the fruit of it._ Houbigant, in part after the Syriac. Heath renders it, _but as for the might...
2. Specific sins charged against Job, and their consequences (Job 22:6-11) TEXT 22:6-11 6 FOR THOU HAST TAKEN PLEDGES OF THY BROTHER FOR NOUGHT, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou ha...
_BUT AS FOR THE MIGHTY MAN, HE HAD THE EARTH; AND THE HONOURABLE MAN DWELT IN IT._ Mighty - Hebrew, 'man of arm' (Psalms 10:15); namely, Job. HONOURABLE - Hebrew, accepted of countenance (Isaiah 3:3...
22:8 rank (h-14) Lit. 'he whose person is accepted.'...
THE HONOURABLE MAN] RM 'Heb. he whose person is accepted.' 11A. LXX 'Thy light has become darkness.' 12-20. The distance of God's abode and His majesty do not prevent Him from seeing men's deeds, as...
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...
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...
Eliphaz began his list of Job’s evil deeds. Job did not really do any such things. Eliphaz had no evidence, so he was guessing. Many people today would say that such deeds are not evil. These people...
וְ אִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רֹועַ לֹ֣ו הָ אָ֑רֶץ וּ
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...
“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....
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...
But [as for] the mighty man, he (d) had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. (d) When you were in power and authority you did not do justice but wrong....
_It. Hebrew and Septuagint intimate that Job accepted persons, and gave sentence in favour of his rich friends. (Haydock)_...
(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...
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...
BUT [AS FOR] THE MIGHTY MAN, HE HAD THE EARTH,.... A large share and portion of it, which Job could not hinder him from the enjoyment of, because mightier than he, or otherwise he would have done it;...
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. Ver. 8. _But as for the mighty man, he had the earth_] Heb. But as for the man of arm, he had the land. This the Vul...
_The mighty man had the earth_ That is, he had the firm possession, or free enjoyment of it. Which is meant, either, 1st, of Job, of whom he speaks invidiously in the third person: as if he had said,...
But as for the mighty man, literally, "the man of the arm or fist," HE HAD THE EARTH, AND THE HONORABLE MAN DWELT IN IT, that is, the honored, influential one. Thus Eliphaz accused Job of selfishness...
ELIPHAZ CHARGES JOB WITH WICKEDNESS...
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...
MIGHTY MAN: _ Heb._ the man of arm THE HONORABLE MAN: _ Heb._ eminent or accepted for countenance...
One view of this verse is that "Eliphaz was saying that the reason for Job's inhospitable actions towards travelers was his arrogance in thinking he owned the earth" _(Zuck p. 104)._ In spite of the f...
5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and...
Heb. _And_, or _but, the man of arm_, or _strength_, or, _power_, _to him was the earth_, or _the land_. i.e. he had the firm possession or free enjoyment of it: which is meant either, 1. Of Job, of...
Job 22:8 mighty H2220 man H376 land H776 man H5375 (H8803) H6440 dwelt H3427 (H8799) But as -...
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...
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...
_Is not thy wickedness great?_ THE CHARGE AGAINST JOB I. Wrong in relation to man. In regard to the charge which he here brings against Job, it is worthy of note that whilst most expositors regard E...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 22:5 Eliphaz assumes that Job’s circumstances reveal significant EVIL in his life. He describes the likely ways that Job has sinned. ⇐
_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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 21:11; Job 13:8; Job 29:7; Job 31:34; Micah 7:3;...
Dwelt — Either by thy sentence or permission, he had a peaceable and sure possession of it, whether he had right to it, or no....