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Verse Job 6:27. _YE OVERWHELM THE FATHERLESS_] Ye see that I am as
destitute as the most _miserable orphan_; would ye overwhelm such a
one? and would you _dig a pit for your friend _- do ye lay wait f...
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YEA, YE OVERWHELM THE FATHERLESS - Job undoubtedly means that this
should be applied to himself. He complains that they took advantage of
his words, that they were disposed to pervert his meaning, and...
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CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER
_ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job
6:1)_
2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8)
3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14)
4. The misery of...
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JOB'S SORROWFUL DISAPPOINTMENT IN HIS FRIENDS. He begins by citing a
proverb. The despairing man who is slipping from religion, looks for
help and sympathy from his friends. The friends, however, have...
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Job's sorrowful disappointment at the position taken up towards him by
his three friends
Job had freely expressed his misery in ch. 3, believing that the
sympathies of his friends were entirely with...
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YEA, YE OVERWHELM, &C.— _Yes, ye overwhelm the destitute, and make a
mock at your friend._ Heath and Houbigant....
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4. Their words are academic. Where is his sin? (Job 6:24-30)
TEXT 6:24-30
24 TEACH ME, AND I WILL HOLD MY PEACE;
And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are words of uprig...
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_YEA, YE OVERWHELM THE FATHERLESS, AND YE DIG A PIT FOR YOUR FRIEND._
Ye overwhelm: - literally, 'ye cause (supply, your anger, Umbreit) a
net'-namely, of sophistry (Noyes and Schuttens) - 'to fall u...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF JOB (JOB 6:7)
1-13. Job, smarting under the remarks of Eliphaz, which he feels are
not appropriate to his case, renews and justifies his complaints. He
bemoans the heaviness of Go...
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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 6
JOB REPLIES TO ELIPHAZ’S...
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YEA, YE OVERWHELM THE FATHERLESS. — Rather, probably, _Ye would cast
lots upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend._ This
is more
in accordance with the language, and preserves the pa...
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אַף ־עַל ־יָתֹ֥ום תַּפִּ֑ילוּ וְ֝
תִכְר֗וּ עַל ־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃...
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VIII.
MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING
Job 6:1; Job 7:1
Job SPEAKS
WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own
heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot strea...
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“A DECEITFUL BROOK”
Job 6:1
The burden of Job's complaint is the ill-treatment meted out by his
friends. They had accused him of speaking rashly, but they had not
measured the greatness of his pain,...
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Job's answer is a magnificent and terrible outcry. First, he speaks of
his pain as a protest against the method of Eliphaz. His reply is not
to the deduction which Eliphaz' argument suggested, but rat...
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CHAPTER VI....
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(14) В¶ To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. (15) My brethren
have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they...
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Job's Answer to Eliphaz
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we took a look at Eliphaz' speech to Job.
1. Eliphaz based the authority for what he said to Job upon the
visitation of an angel.
2. But, we al...
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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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YEA, YE OVERWHELM THE FATHERLESS,.... Meaning himself; who was like a
fatherless child, stripped of all his mercies, of his children, his
substance, and his health; and was in a most miserable, helple...
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Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
Ver. 27. _Yea, you overwhelm the fatherless_] Heb. Ye throw yourselves
upon the fatherless, that is, upon miserable me, who am he...
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_Ye overwhelm the fatherless_ Your words are not only vain, useless,
and uncomfortable to me, but also grievous and pernicious. Hebrew,
תפילו, _tappilu, you rush_, or _throw yourselves_ upon him. You...
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JOB CRITICIZES ELIPHAZ FOR HIS CONDUCT...
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JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ
(vv.1-30)
It is remarkable that Job, being in the painful condition he was, was
still able to reply in such capable and stirring language to Eliphaz.
He knew that Eliphaz had...
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YE OVERWHELM:
_ Heb._ ye cause to fall upon...
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"The three friends seemed as opposed to him as if they were taking
undue advantage of an orphan or even selling. friend" _(Bible
Knowledge Comm. p. 728)._...
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14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his
friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of
brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creatur...
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YEA; your words are not only vain, and useless, and uncomfortable to
me, but also grievous and pernicious. YE OVERWHELM, Heb. _you rush or
throw yourselves_ upon him. For words in _hiphil_ are oft put...
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Job 6:27 overwhelm H5307 (H8686) fatherless H3490 undermine H3738
(H8799) friend H7453
the fatherless - Job 22:9, Job 24:3, Job 24:9, Job 29:12, Job 31:17,
Job 31:21;...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz. His appeal for pity.
CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job.
CONCLUSION: No one can judge another justly without much prayer for
divine guidance. Affliction does not necess...
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Job 6:4. _The poison_ of the arrows absorbed his spirits. In 1822,
when Campbel the missionary travelled in South Africa, a bushman shot
one of his men in the back with a poisoned arrow. He languished...
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_But Job answered and said._
JOB’S ANSWER TO ELIPHAZ
We must come upon grief in one of two ways and Job seems to have come
upon grief in a way that is to be deprecated. He came upon it late in
life....
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_
I. Justifies his complaint (Job 6:2).
“O that my grief were thoroughly weighed,” &c. Job’s case
neither apprehended nor appreciated by his friends. Desires fervently
that his...
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EXPOSITION
Job 6:1. and 7. contain Job's reply to Eliphaz. In Job 6:1. he
confines himself to three points:
(1) a justification of his "grief"—_i.e._ of his vexation and
impatience (Job 6:1);
(2) a...
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So Job responds to him and he says, Oh that my grief were thoroughly
weighed, and my calamities laid in the balances together! (Job 6:1-2)
Now, of course, picturesque, you got to see it. In those day...
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Exodus 22:22; Ezekiel 22:7; James 1:27; Jeremiah 18:20; Jeremiah
18:22; Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 24:9; Job 29:12; Job 31:17;...
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Overwhelm — You load with censures and calumnies. Desolate — Me
who am deprived of all my children, my estate, and my friends. I spoke
all I thought, as to my friends, and you thence occasion to cast...