Job 4:3

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 4:1-21

Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. The first, commencing here, runs through chapter fourteen. In it each of the three friends speaks to Job, and is answered by him. The first speaker, Eliphaz, commenced with a courteous apology for speaking at all, and yet a declaration that he could not withhold himself. After expressing surprise at Job's complaint, and asking if his integrity... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 4:1-21

The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three friends have at last broken their silence, and Eliphaz the Temanite has opened his mouth to answer Job. 1. The effort of human wisdom to fathom the ways of God. Philosophy has a place where it can walk in all assurance, but there are realms where philosophy meets a maze and a mist which it cannot pierce. The Word of God says: "For what man knoweth the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:1-11

Job 4:1-1 Kings : . Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the tone of Job’ s speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He wonders that Job, who had comforted so many others in trouble, should fall into such despair, when trouble has come to himself. Eliphaz assumes that Job is a righteous man; Job 6 is not meant as sarcasm. Eliphaz would suggest simply that Job’ s trouble has caused him to leave the standing-ground of religion. His complaint (ch. 3) was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 4:3

Thou hast instructed many; teaching them those lessons which thou hast not learned, and wilt not practise, to wit, patiently to bear afflictions, and to submit to God’s will and providence in all things, which thou most shamefully refusest to do. Thou hast strengthened the weak hands, by administering supports and comforts and counsels to such as were unable to bear their burdens, or to do their duty. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 4:1-21

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDSFirst Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and JobFirst Speech of EliphazEliphaz censures Job for his impatience, and hints at sin as the cause of his suffering. Job 4:1. “Then Eliphaz the Temanite,” &c. First of the three in age and experience. The mildest of Job’s accusers, and superior to the rest in discernment and delicacy. His tone friendly and modest, but pours vinegar rather than oil on Job’s wounds. A wise... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Chapter 4So Job has made his complaint, and so Eliphaz, his friend who came to comfort him, he said,If we attempt to talk to you, will you be grieved? [But really after what you've said] who can keep silent? [He said,] Behold, you have instructed many people, you have strengthened weak hands. Your words have held up the person who was falling, and you have strengthened feeble knees. But now when it comes to you, you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled ( Job 4:3-5 ).Uh-oh, those are nice... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 4:1-21

Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preachers of righteousness on the sabbath days, &c, He admits that Job, as a preacher, was a son of consolation. Job 4:6 . Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, the uprightness of thy ways, and thy hope? The reading of the Vulgate very much relieves this passage: “Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?” Job... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 4:1-21

Job 4:1-21Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said. The first colloquyAt this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three colloquies between Job and his friends. In form these colloquies closely resemble each other. But while similar in form, in spirit they differ widely. At the outset the friends are content to hint their doubts of Job, their suspicion that he has fallen into some secret and heinous sin, in general and ambiguous terms; but, as the argument rolls on, they are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 4:3-5

Job 4:3-5Thou hast strengthened the weak hands.Preaching easier than practisingBehold, thou hast instructed many, etc. To do each day’s duty with Christian diligence, and to bear each day’s crosses with Christian patience; thou hast done it well. But how comes it now to pass that thy present doings shame thy former sayings? and that, as it was noted of Demosthenes the orator, thou art better at praising of virtue than at practising of it? What a shame was it that Hilary should complain that the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 4:3

Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Ver. 3. Behold, thou hast instructed many ] sc. To do each day’s duty with Christian diligence, and to bear each day’s crosses with Christian patience thou hast done it well. But how comes it now to pass, quod dicta factis erubescant, that thy present doings shame thy former sayings? (Tertul.); and that (as it was noted of Demosthenes the orator) thou art better at praising of virtue than at practising of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 4:1-21

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:1-11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 4:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 4:1-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 4:1-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 4:3-5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 4:3

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