約伯記 15:2-6 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it very much amiss if they may not have leave to dictate and give law to all about them, and to censure those as ignorant and obstinate, and all that is naught, who cannot in every thing say as they say. Several great crimes Eliphaz here charges Job with, only because he would not own himself a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:2

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge ,.... As Job had been thought to be, or as he himself thought he was, which he might say sarcastically; or as he really was, not worldly wise, nor merely wise in things natural, but in things divine; being one that had the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom, and wisdom itself; believed in Christ, and walked wisely and circumspectly before men; now it is not becoming such a man to utter vain knowledge, or such knowledge as is like the wind,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk ?.... That is, the wise man, such a man as Job; does it become him to talk such idle stuff? that which is false, and foolish, and frothy, that does not minister grace to the hearer, and is not for the use of edifying; as whatever is untrue, unwise, vain, and empty, must be useless and answer no good end; nothing is profitable but what tends to increase solid wisdom and spiritual knowledge, and to exercise grace, and influence an holy life; wherefore... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:4

Yea, thou castest off fear ,.... Not of man; a slavish fear of man is to be cast off, because that brings a snare, deters men from their duty, and leads into sin; though there is a fear and reverence of men which ought to be given to them, "fear to whom fear", Romans 13:7 ; but here the fear of God is meant, which is to be understood of the grace of fear, of which Job was possessed; that could not be cast off, for this is not what is in a man naturally, or is by the light of nature, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity ,.... Which was in his heart, and so was an evidence against him, and proved him perverse, and made good the above charges exhibited against him: or "thine iniquity teaches thy mouth" F25 יאלף עונך פיך "docuit iniquitas tua os tuum", V. L. Pagninus, Bolducius; "docebit", Montanus; "docet", Piscator, Cocceius; so Tigurine version. ; the wickedness that was in his heart prompted his mouth to speak the things he did, see Matthew 12:34 ; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:6

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I ,.... Or shows thee to be a wicked person, guilty of things charged upon thee; out of thine own mouth thou art convicted, there needs no other evidence to be brought against thee, that is sufficient: and thou savest me, and any other, the trouble of passing the sentence of condemnation upon thee; thou hast done it thyself, thine own mouth is judge and jury, and brings in the verdict, and pronounces it, as well as is the witness, as follows, and is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:2

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge - Or rather, Should a wise man utter the science of wind? A science without solidity or certainty. And fill his belly with the east wind? - בטן beten , which we translate belly, is used to signify any part of the cavity of the body, whether the region of the thorax or abdomen; here it evidently refers to the lungs, and may include the cheeks and fauces. The east wind, קדים kadim , is a very stormy wind in the Levant, or the eastern part of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? - Should a man talk disrespectfully of his Maker, or speak to him without reverence? and should he suppose that he has proved any thing, when he has uttered words of little meaning, and used sound instead of sense? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:4

Thou castest off fear - Thou hast no reverence for God. And restrainest prayer - Instead of humbling thyself, and making supplication to thy Judge, thou spendest thy time in arraigning his providence and justifying thyself. When a man has any doubts whether he has grieved God's Spirit, and his mind feels troubled, it is much better for him to go immediately to God, and ask forgiveness, than spend any time in finding excuses for his conduct, or laboring to divest it of its seeming... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth - In attempting to justify thyself, thou hast added iniquity to sin, and hast endeavored to impute blame to thy Maker. The tongue of the crafty - Thou hast varnished thy own conduct, and used sophistical arguments to defend thyself. Thou resemblest those cunning persons, ערומים arumim , who derive their skill and dexterity from the old serpent, "the nachash, who was ערום arum , subtle, or crafty, beyond all the beasts of the field;" Genesis 3:1 . Thy... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 15:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:5

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