Job 6:24-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 6:22-30

Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to condemn them. If they would but think impartially, and speak as they thought, they could not but own, I. That, though he was necessitous, yet he was not craving, nor burdensome to his friends. Those that are so, whose troubles serve them to beg by, are commonly less pitied than the silent poor. Job... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:24

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue ,.... Job having made his defence, and which he thought a sufficient one to acquit him of the charge against him; yet to show that he was not stubborn and flexible, but was open to conviction, and ready to attend and hearken to what might be further said, desires to be taught and instructed in the way of his duty; suggesting that, upon being convinced of his mistakes, he should ingenuously acknowledge them: good men are desirous of being taught both of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:25

How forcible are right words !.... That are according to right reason; such as may be called strong reasons, or bony arguments, as in Isaiah 41:21 ; there are strength and weight in such words, reasonings, and arguments; they bring evidence and conviction with them, and are very powerful to persuade the mind to an assent unto them, and have great influence to engage to a profession or practice of what they are used for; such are more especially the words of God, the Scriptures of truth,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:24

Teach me - Show me where I am mistaken. Bring proper arguments to convince me of my errors; and you will soon find that I shall gladly receive your counsels, and abandon the errors of which I may be convicted. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:25

How forcible are right words - A well-constructed argument, that has truth for its basis, is irresistible. But what doth your arguing reprove? - Your reasoning is defective, because your premises are false; and your conclusions prove nothing, because of the falsity of the premises whence they are drawn. The last clause, literally rendered, is, What reproof, in a reproof from you? As you have proved no fault you have consequently reproved no vice. Instead of נמרצו מה mah nimretsu ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:1-30

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:14-30

Job to Eliphaz: 2. Reproofs and retorts. I. UNKINDNESS REPROVED . The behaviour of Eliphaz (and his friends) was: 1 . Unnatural. Compassion for a suffering fellow-creature, much more for a friend, was a dictate of humanity (verse 14). The condition of Job pre-eminently claimed pitiful consideration. He was not only melting away, bodily and mentally, but spiritually he was in danger of "forsaking the fear of the Almighty," i.e. losing his hold on God, on God's love and favour... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:22-27

Friendship: its rights and its disclaimers. In his agonized yearning for sympathy and tenderness, Job further appeals to the conscience and memory of his friends, seeking to put an end to this lacerating contention, and to be reconciled to them in peace. I. DISCLAIMERS . True friendship disclaims the right to be exacting. We have no right to lay a tax on the property, or time, or energy of those whom we desire to grapple to us as with hooks of steel. All must be spontaneous, voluntary,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:24

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue. Job is willing to be taught, if his friends have any instruction to give. He is willing to be reproved. But not in such sort as he has been reproved by Eliphas. His words were not "words of uprightness." Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Point out, that is, in what my assumed guilt consists. You maintain that my afflictions are deserved. Point out what in my conduct has deserved them. I am quite ready to be convinced. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:25

How forcible are right words! literally, words of uprightness. Such words have a force that none can resist. If the charges made by Eliphaz had been right and true, and his arguments sound and just, then Job must have yielded to them, have confessed himself guilty, and bowed down with shame before his judges. But they had had no such constraining power. Therefore they were not "words of uprightness ." But what doth your arguing reprove? literally, What doth your reproving reprove? ... read more

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