Job 15:1-19:29 NIV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 15:1

CHAP. XV. Eliphaz charges Job with impiety, in justifying himself: he proves by tradition the unhappiness of the wicked. Before Christ 1645. Job 15:1. Then answered Eliphaz— Eliphaz, not a little incensed that Job should pay no regard to his advice, and should dare to challenge the Almighty to argue the point with him, charges him home with self-conceit, in entertaining too high an opinion of his own knowledge; with arrogance, in undervaluing the arguments drawn from their experience, whose age... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-16

Job’s attitude rebuked 15:1-16Specifically, Eliphaz accused Job of speaking irreverently (Job 15:1-6) and of pretending to be wiser and purer than he was (Job 15:7-16). For a second time one of his friends said Job was full of hot air (Job 15:2-3; cf. Job 8:2). The east wind (Job 15:2) was the dreaded sirocco that blew in destruction from the Arabian Desert."Eliphaz was using one of the oldest tactics in debate-if you can’t refute your opponent’s arguments, attack his words and make them sound... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-34

C. The Second Cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 15-21In the second cycle of speeches, Job’s companions did not change their minds about why Job was suffering and the larger issue of the basis of the divine-human relationship. They continued to hold the dogma of retribution: that God without exception blesses good people and punishes bad people in this life. Galatians 6:7 says, "Whatever a man sows, this he will also reap." However, it is wrong to conclude that we will... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-35

1. Eliphaz’s second speech ch. 15Job’s responses so far had evidently convinced Eliphaz that Job was a hardened sinner in defiant rebellion against God. [Note: Pope, p. 114.] "There is a great change in tone between this address of Eliphaz and the first. There is no tenderness here. The philosophy of life is stated wholly on the negative side, and it was impossible for Job to misunderstand the meaning." [Note: Morgan, p. 208.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-34

The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21)The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which in his anguish he has arraigned the divine government of the world, have all alike deepened their conviction of his guilt. Without actually charging Job with definite sin, for which indeed they have no ground, they now administer stern rebukes, and draw terrible pictures of the certain misery which awaits the godless,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-35

The Second Speech of Eliphaz1-16. Eliphaz accuses Job of impiety and arrogance.2. And fill, etc] utter idle, empty remarks.7. It was a popular idea that there was a primeval man endowed with perfect wisdom, corresponding to the figure of the Divine Wisdom in Proverbs 8. 8. Render, ’Didst thou hearken in the council of God?’ i.e. before the creation of the world. 10. Eliphaz, perhaps, refers here to himself.11. RV ’Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 15:1-35

Humbling Questions Job 15:7 I. 'Art thou the first man that was born?' There must have been a first man. He might possibly have had some measure of independence from a merely superficial view of himself, but he had no real independence, he was part of the next man that was coming, and thus we belong to posterity as well as ancestry, and we hand on the life which we have often stained and spoiled. If I am not the first man that was born, if I am not the only man, then it follows that I must... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 15:1-35

XIII.THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACEJob 15:1-35ELIPHAZ SPEAKSTHE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is effected as yet between reality and faith, no new reading of Divine providence has been offered. The author allows the friends on the one hand, Job on the other, to seek the end of controversy just as men in their circumstances would in real life have sought it. Unable to penetrate behind the veil the one side... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 15:1-35

The Second Series of Controversies CHAPTER 15 Eliphaz’s Second Address 1. Tells Job that he is self-condemned (Job 15:1-6 ) 2. Charges him with pride (Job 15:7-16 ) 3. The wicked and their lot (Job 15:17-35 ) Job 15:1-6 . His second address is not as lofty as his first. Job’s language has evidently annoyed him very much. He characterizes his words as vain, unprofitable, which can do no good. He charges him with having cast off fear and having become one who restrained devotion before... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-35

ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a measure of consideration for Job, but now he directly accuses him of gross sin and hypocrisy. He says in effect, if Job considered himself wise, why did he speak with empty knowledge, his words like the east wind? Eliphaz does not directly answer what Job has said, but accuses him of unprofitable talk and speeches... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 15:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 15:1-35

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-34

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-35

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 15:1-35

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 15:1-35

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 15:1-35

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:1-35

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