Job 4:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 4:1-6

In these verses, I. Eliphaz excuses the trouble he is now about to give to Job by his discourse (Job 4:2): ?If we assay a word with thee, offer a word of reproof and counsel, wilt thou be grieved and take it ill?? We have reason to fear thou wilt; but there is no remedy: ?Who can refrain from words?? Observe, 1. With what modesty he speaks of himself and his own attempt. He will not undertake the management of the cause alone, but very humbly joins his friends with him: ?We will commune with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 4:5

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest ,.... The affliction and evil that he feared, Job 3:25 ; or rather the same trials and afflictions were come upon him as had been on those whom he had instructed and reproved, and whose hands and hearts he had strengthened and comforted; and yet now thou thyself "faintest", or "art weary" F26 Defatigaris, Cocceius. , or art bore down and sinkest under the burden, and bearest it very impatiently F1 תלא aegre tulisti, Pagninus,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:5

But now it is come upon thee - Now it is thy turn to suffer, and give an example of the efficacy of thy own principles; but instead of this, behold, thou faintest. Either, therefore, thou didst pretend to what thou hadst not; or thou art not making a proper use of the principles which thou didst recommend to others. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-6

The teacher tested. Throughout the words of Job's friends many truths are to be found both accurately stated and beautifully illustrated; but in many cases—almost generally—a wrong application of them is made. The friends designing to be comforters do, through imperfect views of the mystery of human suffering, indeed become accusers, and make the burden heavier which they proposed to lighten. But the words now under consideration are perfectly true. He who had formerly been the instructor of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-11

Eliphaz to Job: the opening of the second controversy: 1. The relation of suffering to sin. I. A COURTEOUS EXORDIUM . Eliphaz, the oldest and wisest of the friends, adopts an apologetic strain in replying to Job's imprecation, representing the task assumed by him as: 1 . Painful to Job ; which it certainly was. In circumstances even the most favourable, it requires no little grace to receive admonition with equanimity; not to speak of counting it a kindness and esteeming it an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-11

Eliphaz and Job: forgotten truths called to mind. However misapplied to his particular case may have been the speeches of Job's friends, there can be no dispute concerning the purity and the sublimity of the great truths for which they here appear as spokesmen. If not well directed to Job, they may be well directed to us. Each of the friends represents a certain aspect of the truths which relate man to God. In the speech of Eliphaz the main position taken is that man, in his ignorance and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-21

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:3-5

The teacher at fault. After one brief word of apology for breaking the seemly silence of mourning, Eliphaz plunges in medias res , and at once commences to reproach Job by reminding him of his former conduct, and contrasting his present state with it as an evidence of glaring inconsistency. Job could teach others how to conduct themselves, but no sooner is the test brought home to himself than he fails. The teacher cannot pass the examination for which he has been preparing his pupils. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:5

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest . Now it is thy turn—calamity has come upon thee ' and all that thou weft wont to say to others is forgotten. The wise physician cannot heal himself. Instead of receiving thy chastisement in a right spirit, thou "faintest," or rather, "thou art angry, art offended"—as the same verb is also to be translated in the second verse. There is a tone of sarcasm about these remarks, which implies a certain hardness and want of real affection in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 4:5

But now it is come upon thee - That is, calamity; or, the same trial which others have had, and in which thou hast so successfully exhorted and comforted them. A similar sentiment to that which is here expressed, is found in Terence:Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.And. ii. i. 9.It toucheth thee - That is, affliction has come to yourself. It is no longer a thing about which you can coolly sit down and reason, and on which you can deliver formal exhortations.And thou art... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 4:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 4:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 4:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 4:5

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