Job 4:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 4:6

(6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence . . .?—The meaning seems to be, “Should not thy fear or piety be thy confidence, and the uprightness of thy ways thy hope? Should not the piety thou wast so ready to commend to others supply a sufficient ground of hope for thyself?” Or we may understand, “Is not thy reverence, thy confidence, thy hope, and thy integrity shown to be worthless if thou faintest as soon as adversity toucheth thee?” The drift of the speaker is virtually the same in either... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 4:1-21

Job 4:1 If he had been a fool he would never have been dear to Job, nor would he have been one of the three amongst all Job's acquaintances who came to him from afar.... Eliphaz is partly a rhetorician, and, like all persons with that gift, he is frequently carried off his feet and ceases to touch the firm earth.... A certain want of connexion and pertinence is observable in him. A man who is made up of what he hears or reads always lacks unity and directness. Confronted by any difficulty or by... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

VII.THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEENJob 4:1-21; Job 5:1-27ELIPHAZ SPEAKSTHE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three friends had always been that God, as righteous Governor of human life, gives felicity in proportion to obedience and appoints trouble in exact measure of disobedience. Job himself, indeed, must have held the same creed. We may imagine that while he was prosperous his friends had often spoken with him... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 4:1-21

CHAPTERS 4-5 The First Address of Eliphaz 1. He rebukes Job (Job 4:1-5 ) 2. The righteous are not cast off (Job 4:6-11 ) 3. An awe-inspiring vision (Job 4:12-21 ) 4. Experience and exhortation (Job 5:1-16 ) 5. Happy is the man whom God correcteth (Job 5:17-27 ) With this chapter the long and tedious controversy between Job and his three visitors begins. His pitiful lamentation brings forth the addresses of his friends. Eliphaz and Bildad speak thrice, each answered by Job, and Zophar... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 4:6

4:6 [Is] not [this] thy {c} fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?(c) He concludes that Job was a hypocrite and had no true fear or trust in God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:1-21

ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE (vv.1-6) The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in reference to Job's sufferings, and had no idea of God's love. Eliphaz no doubt thought he would help Job by his remarkable knowledge and ability in speaking, but his diagnosis of Job's ailment was totally wrong. He begins gently and kindly, "If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? (v.12). Then he rightly reminds Job that... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

FIRST SERIES OF THE DEBATE The first series of the debate may be outlined as follows: 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 4-7) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chaps. 4-5) b. Reply of (chaps. 6-7) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 8-10) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 8) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 9-10) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 11-14) a. Speech of Zophar (chap. 11) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 12-14) It is thought the debate may have occupied several days, by which supposition some of the difficulties of the book are removed. In the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 4:1-21

The Argument of Eliphaz. I. Job 4:0 We must remember that the three comforters who came to Job in the hour of his great grief probably never heard such a speech as that which Job poured forth when after seven days and seven nights he opened his mouth, and cursed his day. Who could reply to such a speech? It may be that Eliphaz was the oldest and the chief of the comforters who came to the suffering patriarch, and therefore he began the conversation. The best comment upon his speech, as indeed... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 4:5-6

(5) But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? It is remarkable that Eliphaz maketh use of the same word as Satan did; Put forth thine hand, said Satan to GOD, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face; chap. 1:11. So again, chap 2:5. And here Eliphaz talks of Job being touched, and now he shows what he is. The whole of Eliphaz's charge is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 4:6

Where? Septuagint, "Rather is not thy fear foolishness as well as thy hope, and the innocence of thy path?" (Haydock) --- Is not all hypocrisy? (Menochius) (Calmet) --- Many of the assertions of Job's friends are true, but their inferences are false. (Menochius) read more