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Job 4:5

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"But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled."

  • Job 4:5 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 4:5. _BUT NOW IT IS COME UPON THEE_] Now it is thy turn to suffer, and give an example of the efficacy of thy own principles; but instead of this, behold, thou faintest. Either, therefore, t...

  • Job 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT NOW IT IS COME UPON THEE - That is, calamity; or, the same trial which others have had, and in which thou hast so successfully exhorted and comforted them. A similar sentiment to that which is her...

  • Job 4:5 - Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 (Job 5:1)...

  • Job 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the tone of Job's speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He wonders that Job, who had comforted so many others in trouble, sh...

  • Job 4:5 - Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    First, Eliphaz wonders that Job, who had comforted so many in trouble, and who was a righteous man, should fall into such despair under his afflictions, forgetting the great principle that the righteo...

  • Job 4:5 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 4:1-11 4 THEN ANSWERED ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, AND SAID, 2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed man...

  • Job 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT NOW IT IS COME UPON THEE, AND THOU FAINTEST; IT TOUCHETH THEE, AND THOU ART TROUBLED._ Thou art troubled - thou hast lost thy self-command (1 Thessalonians 3:3)....

  • Job 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 ev...

  • Job 4:5 - 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 4 ELIPHAZ’S FIRST SPEECH V...

  • Job 4:5 - ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה ׀ תָּבֹ֣וא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַ תֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַ תִּבָּהֵֽל׃...

  • Job 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • Job 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And thou. Septuagint, "and has touched thee. But thou makest haste" (Haydock) to flee. Hebrew, "art consternated." We may easily prescribe for others, but when we are sick we know not what to do. (Ca...

  • Job 4:5 - Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? It is remarkable that...

  • Job 4:5 - John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - 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...

  • Job 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT NOW IT IS COME UPON THEE, AND THOU FAINTEST,.... The affliction and evil that he feared, Job 3:25; or rather the same trials and afflictions were come upon him as had been on those whom he had ins...

  • Job 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Ver. 5. _But now it is come upon thee_] This is a galling. But hitherto Eliphaz had commended Job; now he das...

  • Job 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But now it is come upon thee_ That is, the evil which thou didst fear, (Job 3:25,) or, that which had come upon those whom thou didst so comfort. _And thou faintest_ There is no more spirit left in t...

  • Job 4:5 - Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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 thoug...

  • Job 4:5 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted, and showed impatience. This we must keep in mind if we would unders...

  • Job 4:5 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NOW IT IS COME, i.e. the evil which thou didst fear, JOB 3:25, and which was come upon those whom thou didst so comfort. THOU FAINTEST; thou allowest in thyself what thou wouldst not bear in others. W...

  • Job 4:5 - Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 4:5 comes H935 (H8799) weary H3811 (H8799) touches H5060 (H8799) troubled H926 (H8735) it is come - Job 3:25-26 thou faintest - Proverbs 24:10; 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 4:16;...

  • Job 4:5 - Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • Job 4:5 - The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB 4:1 The Friends and Job: Can Job Be Right before God? The main section of the book contains the dialogue between Job and the three friends. It opens with Job’s initial lament (Job 3:1) and then al...

  • Job 4:5 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • Job 4:5 - The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Job 4:5 - Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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?...

  • Job 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Hebrews 12:3; Hebrews 12:5; Job 1:11; Job 19:21; Job 2:5; Job 3:25; Job 3:26; Proverbs 24:10...

  • Job 4:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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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