约伯记 15:31-35 Cunpss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:17-35
Eliphaz to Job: 2. More wisdom from the ancients. I. THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS WISDOM . 1 . Old ; i.e. derived from a remote antiquity. The traditionary lore about to he cited by Eliphaz had been manufactured by primeval sages, from whom it had been carefully transmittal to the "wise men" who had told it to Eliphaz. The "fathers," "unto whom alone the earth was given," and "among whom no stranger passed," were either patriarchal descendants of Noah prior to the time of Peleg,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:20-35
Schultens calls this "a magnificently elaborate oration, crowded with illustrations and metaphors, in which it is shown that the wicked cannot possibly escape being miserable, but that the punishment which they have so richly deserved assuredly awaits them, and is to be inflicted on them, as an example and terror to others, by a holy and just God, because, just as he loves virtue, so he pursues vice with a fierce and deadly hatred". read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:20-35
Warnings from the wisdom of experience. I. THE TERRIBLE TORMENTS OF THE WICKED . ( Job 15:20-24 .) 1 . Lifelong pain. Notwithstanding all appearances of ease and prosperity, the bad man only suffers. The sword seems ever suspended above the tyrant's head. The serpent is ever busy with the tooth of remorse at his heart. 2 . Dread fancies throng through every sound into his imagination; he is ever in terror of some sudden doom. He sees a darkness coming upon him from... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity ; rather, let him not trust in vanity (or, in falsehood )' deceiving himself (see the Revised Version). All the supports and stays of the wicked are vanity—unsubstantial, futile, utterly vain and useless. It is only a man who "deceives himself" that can trust in them. For vanity shall be his recompense . Such as do so trust gain nothing by it; they sow vanity and reap vanity. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:31
Trusting in vanity. I. THE HABIT OF TRUSTING IN VANITY . The vanity spoken of is any empty ground of trust, like an island of floating weeds on which careless people build their homes, but which will be shattered, with all that is on it, in the first storm. 1 . A delusion. We may be persuaded to accept what is not true. Our belief does not give any reality to the delusion; we are then trusting in vanity. 2 . Self. We are all too ready to think our own resources... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:32
It shall be accomplished before his time . "It [ i.e. the recompense] shall be accomplished [or, 'paid in full '] before its time [ i.e. before payment is due]." A vague threat, probably intended to signify that death will come upon the wicked man prematurely, before he has lived out halt the days of his natural life. And his branch shall not be green ; i.e. he shall wither and fade, like a tree not planted by the waterside ( Psalms 1:3 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine . Blight and untimely cold cause the vine to drop its grapes before they are mature. So the wicked man will be deprived, one by one, of his possessions. And shall cast off his flower as the olive . The olive often sheds its blossoms in vast numbers. "In spring," says Canon Tristram, "one may see the bloom, on the slightest breath of wind, shed like snowflakes, and perishing by millions". According to some commentators, this happens regularly... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate ; or, shall be sterile ' or barren ' like the vine and olive of the preceding verse. The entire company of the wicked shall suffer this punishment. And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. God's lightning shall fall from heaven, and burn up the tents ( i.e. the habitations) of those who take bribes to pervert justice. It is suggested that Eliphaz intends to accuse Job of the two secret sins of hypocrisy and... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:35
They conceive mischief - The figure here is both elegant and impressive. The wicked conceive mischief, from the seed which Satan sows in their hearts; in producing which they travail with many pangs, (for sin is a sore labor), and at last their womb produces fraud or deception. This is an accursed birth, from an iniquitous conception. St. James gives the figure at full length, most beautifully touched in all its parts: When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is... read more