Job 16:6-14

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:6

16:6 Though I speak, my grief is {f} not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?(f) If you would say, "Why do you not then comfort yourself?" he answers that the judgments of God are more heavy than he is able to assuage either by words or silence. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:7

16:7 But now {g} he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my {h} company.(g) Meaning, God.(h) That is, destroyed most of my family. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:8

16:8 And thou hast filled me with {i} wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.(i) In token of sorrow and grief. 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 16:13

16:13 His {n} archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall {o} upon the ground.(n) His manifold afflictions.(o) I am wounded to the heart. 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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