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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 4:1

Job 4:1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered Job’s three friends reasoning on the principles of an equal providence, and supposing that affliction could happen only in the way of punishment, which necessarily inferred guilt, and thinking his complaints exceeded the bounds of decency, the eldest of them, Eliphaz, here interposes. He desires Job to recollect himself, not to give way to fruitless lamentations, but to put into practice those lessons he had often recommended to others. He reminds... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Eliphaz speaks (4:1-5:27)The first of the three friends to speak is Eliphaz, who is probably the oldest of the three. He is also the least severe in the accusations brought against Job (4:1-2). He begins by noting that in the past Job comforted others in their troubles, but now that he has troubles himself, his faith has failed. If Job truly honoured God and was upright in his ways, there would be no need for this despondency (3-6). The person who is innocent, argues Eliphaz, need not fear... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 4:1

answered and said = replied and said. The idiom ( App-6 ) requires that the first verb (where nothing has been as yet said) must be rendered according to the context: "spake", "prayed", "began", "concluded", &c. Here it = replied and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 4:1

JOB 4ELIPHAZ' FIRST SPEECH:THE VAIN DOCTRINE OF ELIPHAZ OFFERS ONLY VAIN COMFORT[1]This chapter and the next record the first speech of Eliphaz, loaded with the false wisdom of his day, "It merely poured vinegar, rather than oil, upon Job's wounds."[2] Out of the whirlwind, God Himself declared that Job's friends, "Had not spoken of God the things that were right" (Job 42:7); and the very first word that God spoke out of the whirlwind blasted the long-winded diatribes of Job's comforters, as... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 4:1

CHAP. IV. Eliphaz reproves Job, who, having consoled others in adversity, nevertheless desponds himself. He affirms, that it was a thing unheard of, for an innocent man to perish; on the contrary, that the wicked perish at the blast of God, and are destroyed for ever. Before Christ 1645. Job 4:1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite— The three friends who came to comfort Job, disgusted, as it seems, with the bitterness of his complaint, change their purpose, and, instead of consolation, vent the severest... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 4:1

1. Eliphaz—the mildest of Job's three accusers. The greatness of Job's calamities, his complaints against God, and the opinion that calamities are proofs of guilt, led the three to doubt Job's integrity. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-6

Eliphaz’s rebuke of Job 4:1-6Eliphaz began courteously but moved quickly to criticism. He commended Job for having encouraged others in the past, but rebuked him for not encouraging himself in the present. He did not offer encouragement to his distressed friend. It is unclear whether Job 4:6 is an ironic rebuke or a subtle reminder. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-22

B. The First Cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 4-14The two soliloquies of Job (chs. 3 and 29-31) enclose three cycles of dialogue between Job and his three friends. Each cycle consists of speeches by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, in that order, interspersed with Job’s reply to each address. This pattern continues through the first two cycles of speeches (chs. 4-14 and 15-21) but breaks down in the third when Zophar failed to continue the dialogue."Now the discussion... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-27

1. Eliphaz’s first speech chs. 4-5Eliphaz’s first speech has a symmetrical introverted (chiastic) structure that emphasizes the central section."A Opening remark (Job 4:2) B Exhortation (Job 4:3-6) C God’s dealings with men (Job 4:7-11) D The revelation of truth (Job 4:12-21) C’ God’s dealings with men (Job 5:1-16) B’ Exhortation (Job 5:17-26)A’ Closing remark (Job 5:27)" [Note: Andersen, p. 111.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:1-21

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 evidently deepened in him the bad impression which must have been created by Job’s sufferings, and being ignorant of the true cause of his trials he draws false conclusions from them. Whilst admitting that Job is fundamentally a pious man, Eliphaz infers that his sufferings must be the punishment of... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 4:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 4:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 4:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 4:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 4:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 4:1-27

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:1-21

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