John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:1
Then Job answered and said. As soon as Eliphaz had done speaking, Job stood up, and made the following reply. read more
Job 16:1-5 Bsb
John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:2
I have heard many such things ,.... As those Eliphaz has been discoursing of, concerning the punishment of wicked men; many instances of this kind had been reported to him from his preceptors, and from his parents, and which they had had from theirs, as well as Eliphaz had from his; and he had heard these things, or such like, told "many times" from one to another, as Ben Gersom interprets it; or "frequently", as the Vulgate Latin version, yea, he had heard them his friends say many things... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end ?.... Or "words of wind" F11 לדברי רוח "verbis venti", Beza, Bolducius, Mercerus, Schmidt, Michaelis. , vain empty words, great swelling words of vanity, mere bubbles that look big, and have nothing in them; here Job retorts what Eliphaz had insinuated concerning him and his words, Job 15:2 ; and he intimates such worthless discourses should have an end, and a speedy one, and not be carried on to any length, they not bearing it; and wishes they were... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:4
I also could speak as ye do ,.... As big words, with as high a tone, with as stiff a neck, and as haughtily and loftily; or "ought I to speak as you do" F13 ככם אדברה "sicut vos loqui deberem?" Schmidt. ? that I ought not, nor would you think I ought, if you were in my case; or, being so, "would I speak as you do" F14 "Etiam ego ut vos loquerer?" Cocceius; so Broughton. ? no, I would not, my conscience would not suffer me: if your soul were in my soul's stead ; in the... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth ,.... Comfort them with the words of his mouth; so God strengthens his people with strength in their souls, when he answers them with good and comfortable words; an angel strengthened Christ as man when in an agony, comforting him, suggesting comfortable things to him; so one saint may strengthen and comfort another when in distress, whether of soul or body; see Psalm 138:3 ; and thus Job had strengthened and comforted others, with his words in... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:2
I have heard many such things - These sayings of the ancients are not strange to me; but they do not apply to my case: ye see me in affliction; ye should endeavor to console me. This ye do not; and yet ye pretend to do it! Miserable comforters are ye all. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:3
Vain words - Literally, words of air. What emboldeneth thee - Thou art totally ignorant of the business; what then can induce thee to take part in this discussion? read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:4
I also could speak - It is probably better to render some of these permissives or potential verbs literally in the future tense, as in the Hebrew: I also Will speak. Mr. Good has adopted this mode. If your soul were in my soul's stead - If you were in my place, I also could quote many wise sayings that might tend to show that you were hypocrites and wicked men; but would this be fair? Even when I might not choose to go farther in assertion, I might shake my head by way of insinuation... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:5
I would strengthen you with my mouth - Mr. Good translates thus: - "With my own mouth will I overpower you, Till the quivering of my lips shall fail;" for which rendering he contends in his learned notes. This translation is countenanced by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 16:1-5
Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly take, which is to undervalue one another's sense, and wisdom, and management. The longer the saw of contention is drawn the hotter it grows; and the beginning of this sort of strife is as the letting forth of water; therefore leave it off before it be meddled with. Eliphaz had represented Job's discourses as idle, and unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; and Job here gives his the same character. Those who are free in... read more