Job 16:9-11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 16:11

(11) The ungodly and the wicked are the terms he retorts upon his friends, and they have certainly earned them. Now follows— read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 16:1-22

Job 16:2 In no respect was Mrs. Grote's knowledge of the human heart more apparent than in her intercourse with a mariner. With the unfailing freshness she put into all she said, she called herself 'a good affliction woman'. In the first place she admitted the reality of the trial, without which no one attempting to help no matter in what can be either just or kind. Then she dealt in no commonplaces on any subject in the world, least of all on that of deep grief. She knew that nothing could... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

XIV."MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN"Job 16:1-22; Job 17:1-16Job SPEAKSIF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom of insolent evildoers described again and again in varying terms, then Job should have been comforted. But his friends had lost sight of their errand, and he had to recall them to it."I have heard many such things: Afflictive comforters are ye all. Shall vain words have an end?"He would have them consider that perpetual harping on one string is but a sober... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 16:1-22

CHAPTERS 16-17 Job’s Reply to Eliphaz 1. Miserable comforters are ye all (Job 16:1-5 ) 2. Oh God! Thou hast done it! (Job 16:6-14 ) 3. Yet I look to Thee (Job 16:15-22 ) 4. Trouble upon trouble; self-pity (Job 17:1-12 ) 5. Where is now my hope? (Job 17:13-16 ) Job 16:1-5 . How masterfully he meets their wrong accusations and how he brings forth his suffering afresh, yet always with that horrible nightmare, God is not for me, but against me! Such things Eliphaz spoke he had heard... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:9

16:9 {k} He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.(k) That is, God by his wrath: and in this diversity of words and high style, he expresses how grievous the hand of God was on him. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:10

16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the {l} cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.(l) That is, has handled me contemptuously: for so slapping the cheek signified, 1 Kings 22:24, Mr 14:65 read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:11

16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the {m} hands of the wicked.(m) They have led me where they would. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:1-22

JOB REPROVES THEIR HEARTLESSNESS (vv.1-5) Eliphaz had claimed to be giving Job "the consolations of God," and this moves Job to reply bitterly, "Miserable comforters are you all!" (v.2). Instead of comfort, they had given heartless accusations, which Job terms "words of wind." He says that if they were in his place, he could heap up words against them in similar cruel accusation, but he would not do so: he would use his words to strengthen and encourage them in order to give them some... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

SECOND SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 15-17) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 15) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 16-17) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 18-19) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 18) b. Reply of Job (chap. 19) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 20-21) a. Speech of Zophar (chap. 20) b. Reply of Job (chap. 21) The second series of the debate is in the same order as the first, and with the same question in view. ELIPHAZ AND JOB Eliphaz opens in chapter 15. Job is accused of vehemence and vanity; of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 16:1-22

Miserable Comforters Job 16:0 "I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.... I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you" (Job 16:2 , Job 16:4 ). There was no reserve between the men or amongst them who sustained these wondrous colloquies. They spoke to one another with startling simplicity. It was altogether more like a controversy than an exercise of condolence. We are, however,... read more

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