Job 6:24 ESV

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 6:1-30

Job's Answer to Eliphaz Job 6-7 The speech of Eliphaz, which we have already considered, was not the kind of speech to be answered off-handedly. We have been struck by its nobleness and sublimity, its fulness of wisdom; and, indeed, we have not seen any reason, such as Job seems to have seen, for denying to that great speech the merit of sympathy. Why, then, does Job break out into these lamentations? The reason appears to be obvious. We must come upon grief in one of two ways, and Job seems... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 6:24

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "... cause me to understand wherein I have erred." Job 6:24 Job does not admit his error, but inasmuch as he is suffering as if he had erred he wishes to have the mistake definitely pointed out. All unexplained suffering is made the larger by its very mystery. We do not always see the errors we have committed; sometimes they require to be distinctly pointed out by him against whom we have transgressed. Error is not broad, vulgar, and obvious, in all its... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 6:14-30

(14) ¶ To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. (15) My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; (16) Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: (17) What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (18) The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. (19) The troops of Tema looked, the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:14-30

14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, Hebrews 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to cease from man. Let us put all our... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 6:14-30

Job Criticizes Eliphaz for his Conduct v. 14. To him that is affiliated pity should be showed from his friend, or, to him who is melting on account of the fierceness of his misery, and therefore in despair, gentleness should be shown by his friends; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty, rather, even if he should, or, lest he should, forsake the fear of the Almighty. Friends worthy of the name should stand by one who is in misery and distress, lest he give way entirely to despair and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 6:1-30

B.—Job’s Reply: Instead of Comfort, the Friends bring him only increased SorrowJob 6:1 to Job 7:211. Justification of his complaint by pointing out the greatness and incomprehensibleness of his sufferingJob 6:1-101 But Job answered and said:2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed,and my calamity laid in the balance together!3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;therefore my words are swallowed up.4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,the poison... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 6:1-30

“A Deceitful Brook” Job 6:1-30 The burden of Job’s complaint is the ill-treatment meted out by his friends. They had accused him of speaking rashly, but they had not measured the greatness of his pain, Job 6:4 , or they would have seen it to be as natural as the braying and lowing of hungry and suffering beasts, Job 6:5 . A man would not take insipid food without complaint; how much more reason had he to complain whose tears were his meat day and night, Job 6:6-7 ! So bitter were his pains... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 6:1-30

Job's answer is a magnificent and terrible outcry. First, he speaks of his pain as a protest against the method of Eliphaz. His reply is not to the deduction which Eliphaz' argument suggested, but rather to the charge it made, of unreasonableness and folly manifest in his lamentation. Eliphaz had used terms of strong condemnation. Job declared, in effect, that he did not understand the cry because he did not know the pain. His vexation and calamity should be set over against each other, poised... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:14-27

Job 6:14-Daniel : . Job’ s Sorrowful Disappointment in his Friends.— He begins by citing a proverb. The despairing man who is slipping from religion, looks for help and sympathy from his friends. The friends, however, have proved like a brook that disappoints the thirsty caravan ( Job 6:15-Proverbs :). When the thaw comes, the brooks are swollen black with broken ice and melting snow ( Job 6:16). But in summer they dry up ( Job 6:17), and the caravan, finding no water where they expected, as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 6:24

Teach me; instead of censuring and reproaching, instruct and convince me by solid arguments. I will hold my tongue; I will patiently hear and gladly receive your counsels; or, I will be silent; I will neither contradict you, nor complain of my own griefs. Compare Job 40:4,Job 40:5; Proverbs 30:32. Wherein I have erred, i.e. my mistakes and miscarriages. read more