Job 26:14 ASV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 26:14

Lo, these are parts of his ways - This is a small portion of his works. We see only the outlines, the surface of his mighty doings. This is still true. With all the advances which have been made in science, it is still true that we see but a small part of his works. What we are enabled to trace with all the aids of science, compared with what is unseen and unknown, may be like the analysis of a single drop of water compared with the ocean.But how little a portion is heard of him? - Or, rather,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 26:14

Job 26:14. Lo, these are parts of his ways But very small parcels even of those of his works which are visible to us. For it would be a vain and fruitless labour should I undertake to speak of all the wonders of the Creator. His works are so many, so great, and so far surpassing our narrow conceptions, that we can never hope to arrive at a perfect knowledge of them all, or even of any of them. We must be content to stand, as it were, at a distance, and, with profound reverence, take a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 26:1-14

Bildad speaks and Job replies (25:1-26:14)It seems either that Job’s friends have no answer to what he says or that they are tired of arguing with him and see no point in continuing the debate. Bildad has only a brief speech, to which Job replies, and Zophar does not speak at all.In an effort to bring Job to repentance, Bildad impresses upon him the greatness of the God with whom Job argues. His kingdom is all-powerful, his armies of angelic beings more than can be counted (25:1-3). In... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 26:14

but how little a portion = 'tis but a whisper. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 26:14

Job 26:14. Lo, these are parts of his ways— Lo! these are but the outlines of his paths; yet what a series of noble acts have we heard of him! but of the thundering of his mightiness, who can even bear the contemplation? See Heath and Schultens. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Pained as Job is, in every part, he cannot help rallying Bildad on the impertinence of his pompous oration. How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? If this be referred to God, it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 26:14

14. parts—Rather, "only the extreme boundaries of," c., and how faint is the whisper that we hear of Him! thunder—the entire fulness. In antithesis to "whisper" (1 Corinthians 13:9 1 Corinthians 13:10; 1 Corinthians 13:12). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 26:1-14

Job’s denunciation of Bildad’s wisdom ch. 26"Chapter 26 is one of the grandest recitals in the whole book. It is excelled only by the Lord’s speeches, as is fitting. It sounds well in Job’s mouth, and ends the dialogue, like the first movement of a symphony, with great crashing chords." [Note: Andersen, p. 216.] Job began by rebuking Bildad’s attitude (Job 26:1-4). Sarcastically he charged Bildad with the same weakness and inability Bildad had attributed to all men (Job 26:2-3). Bildad’s words... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 26:1-23

4. Job’s third reply to Bildad chs. 26-27Job’s long speech here contrasts strikingly with Bildad’s short preceding speech (ch. 25). In the first of these two chapters, Job addressed his remarks to Bildad’s most recent comments. In the second, he broadened his view to include all three of his companions. The "you" in Job 26:2-4 is singular in Hebrew, but the "you" in Job 27:5 is plural. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 26:1-14

Job’s Eighth Speech (Job 26, 27)1-4. Job taunts Bildad with the worthlessness of his remarks as a solution of the problem.2, 3, 4 are spoken ironically. 2. Him that is without power] i.e. Job himself. 4. To whom hast thou uttered words?] i.e. surely not to Job who knows it already.5-14. The manifestations of God’s power and work in the world below, in earth and in heaven. Some scholars think these vv., which are quite in the tone of Job 25:2-3, should be inserted after Job 25:3 as a misplaced... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 26:14

(14) These are parts.—Literally, ends—just the merest outskirts. For “is heard” we may render do we hear; and for “the thunder of His power,” the thunder of His mighty deeds. We can only hear the faintest whisper of His glory, and cannot understand or endure the full-toned thunder of His majesty. Here, then, is Job’s final reply to the arguments of his friends. He shows himself even more conscious than they of the grandeur and holiness of God; but that has in no way rendered his position as a... read more