約伯記 15:2-6 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-2

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man utter vain knowledge! literally, knowledge of wind—knowledge, i.e. ' which is vain, idle, inflated, without solidity or substance. Job, as setting up to be "a wise man," should not have indulged in such empty and foolish speaking. It is observable that Eliphaz does not point out what part of Job's discourses he considers objectionable, but condemns the whole of them under this broad and general description, which even he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz to Job: Resumption of the second controversy: 1. An overwhelming indictment. I. OLD ACCUSATIONS REPEATED . 1 . Unprofitable talk. The replies given by Job in the preceding colloquy Eliphaz characterizes as 2 . Manifest impiety. Eliphaz had already ( Job 4:6 ) insinuated that Job was devoid of true religion; here he regards the insinuation as substantiated by the conduct of Job himself in three particulars. 3 . Astounding presumption. Stung by Job's ridicule... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-19

Perversity and impenitence rebuked. In the next six chapters the controversy between Job and his friends takes a new and embittered turn. They muster their forces to put down the daring speaker, who as they deem has challenged the justice of God. They seek to humiliate him as a late-born, itinerant, and passionate man, who has incurred fresh guilt by his impious questionings and blasphemies. Eliphaz gives a terrible representation of the general truth that the wicked man, living for himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-35

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:2-3

The wise man speaketh wisdom. There is a fitness of things, and wisdom becomes the wise man—the man who is either truly wise or who would presume to be wise. Let his words testify to the justness of his profession. Consider— I. THE INCONGRUITY OF WORDS OF FOLLY PROCEEDING FROM THE LIPS OF THE WISE . All may reasonably hope that he who is tutored with knowledge, and who has accustomed himself to direct his knowledge to good ends, will speak only words of truth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk! Such, Eliphaz implies, had been Job's talk, altogether idle and unprofitable. A wise man should have abstained from such profitless arguments. They were speeches wherewith he could do no good. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

Yea, thou castest off fear . To Eliphaz, Job's words—his bold expostulations ( Job 13:3 , Job 13:15 , Job 13:22 , etc.), his declarations that he knows he will be justified ( Job 13:8 ), and that God will be his Salvation ( Job 13:16 )—seem to imply that he has cast off altogether the fear of God, and is entirely devoid of reverence. Some of his expressions certainly seem over-bold; but, on the other hand, his sense of God's purity, perfectness, and transcendent power is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

Restraining prayer. Of the reasons leading men to either neglect or discontinue the exercise of prayer, these will be found to be the chief. I. THERE IS NO GOD TO PRAY TO . This the reason of the atheist. But the existence of a supreme First Cause, possessed of intelligence and moral character, is to faith assured by: 1 . The intuitions of the human mind , which may sometimes attempt to argue itself out of, but never needs to reason itself into, the belief in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

Restraining prayer. Eliphaz thinks that Job's wild words are a reproach to religion, and that the effect of them will be to undermine faith and discourage prayer. His is a common alarm of short-sighted, cautious people who think it safest to suppress doubt, and to whom the hasty utterances of a disturbed mind are most dreadful, although the fact is that the cold repetition of narrow and erroneous dogmas is far more hurt[hi to the cause of spiritual religion. I. THE EVIL OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity . Some render, "Thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth," causing it to utter such profane speeches (Vulgate, Dillmann, Canon Cook, Revised Version); but the translation of the Authorized Version is defensible on grammatical grounds, and yields a good sense, so that no alteration is necessary . And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty ; or, the tongue of the subtle (comp. Genesis 3:1 , where the epithet assigned to the serpent is the same). Eliphaz... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:5

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