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Job 4

Introduction

1  Eliphaz reproves Job for want of religion.
7  He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked.
12  His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God.
Verse 1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Eliphaz
2:11, 15:1, 22:1, 42:9
answered
3:1,2, 6:1, 8:1
Verse 2

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
to commune
Heb. a word. wilt thou.
2 Corinthians 2:4-6, 7:8-10
withhold himself from speaking
Heb. refrain from words.
32:18-20, Jeremiah 6:11, 20:9, Acts 4:20
Verse 3

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Behold
Genesis 18:19, Proverbs 10:21, 15:7, 16:21, Isaiah 50:4, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6
and thou hast
16:5, Deuteronomy 3:28, Ezra 6:22, Isaiah 35:3, Ezekiel 13:22, Luke 22:32,43
Verse 4

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
upholden
Psalms 145:14, Proverbs 12:18, 16:23,24, 2 Corinthians 2:7, 7:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:14
feeble knees
Heb. bowing knees.
Isaiah 35:3,4, Daniel 5:6, Hebrews 12:12
Verse 5

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
it is come
3:25,26
thou faintest
Proverbs 24:10, 2 Corinthians 4:1,16, Hebrews 12:3,5
it toucheth
1:11, 2:5, 19:21
Verse 6

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
thy fear
1:1,9,10, 2 Kings 20:3
thy confidence
13:15, Proverbs 3:26, 14:26
thy hope
17:15, 1 Peter 1:13,17
the uprightness
1:8, 16:17, 23:11,12, 27:5,6, 29:12-17, 31:1-40
Verse 7

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
who ever
9:22,23, Psalms 37:25, Ecclesiastes 7:15, 9:1,2, Acts 28:4, 2 Peter 2:9
Verse 8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
they that plow
Psalms 7:14-16, Proverbs 22:8, Jeremiah 4:18, Hosea 8:7, 10:12,13, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Galatians 6:7,8
Verse 9

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
the blast
Exodus 15:8,10, 2 Kings 19:7, Psalms 18:15
by the breath of his nostrils
that is, by his anger.
1:19, 15:30, Isaiah 11:4, 30:33, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 2:16
Verse 10

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
the teeth
29:17, Psalms 3:7, 57:4, 58:6, Proverbs 30:14
Verse 11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
old lion
38:39, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, 24:9, Psalms 7:2, Jeremiah 4:7, Hosea 11:10, 2 Timothy 4:17
perisheth
Psalms 34:10
the stout
1:19, 8:3,4, 27:14,15
Verse 12

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
a thing
Psalms 62:11
secretly
Heb. by stealth. a little.
1 Corinthians 13:12
Verse 13

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
thoughts
33:14-16, Genesis 20:3, 28:12, 31:24, 46:2, Numbers 12:6, 22:19,20, Daniel 2:19,28,29, 4:5
deep sleep
Genesis 2:21, 15:12, Daniel 8:18, 10:9
Verse 14

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Fear
7:14, Psalms 119:120, Isaiah 6:5, Daniel 10:11, Habakkuk 3:16, Luke 1:12,29, Revelation 1:17
came upon
Heb. met. all my bones. Heb. the multitude of my bones.
33:19
Verse 15

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
a spirit
Psalms 104:4, Matthew 14:26, Luke 24:37-39, Hebrews 1:7,14
the hair
Isaiah 13:8, 21:3,4, Daniel 5:6
Verse 16

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
there, etc
or, I heard a still voice.
1 Kings 19:12
Verse 17

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Shall mortal
8:3, 9:2, 35:2, 40:8, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 143:2, 145:17, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Jeremiah 12:1, Romans 2:5, 3:4-7, 9:20, 11:33
shall a man
9:30,31, 14:4, 15:14, 25:4, Jeremiah 17:9, Mark 7:20-23, Revelation 4:8
Verse 18

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
he put
15:15,16, 25:5,6, Psalms 103:20,21, 104:4, Isaiah 6:2,3
and his angels he charged with folly
or, nor in his angels in whom he put light.
2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6
Verse 19

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
dwell
10:9, 13:12, 33:6, Genesis 2:7, 3:19, 18:27, Ecclesiastes 12:7, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 5:1
crushed
13:28, 14:2, Psalms 39:11, 90:5-7, 103:15,16, 146:4, 1 Peter 1:24
Verse 20

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
destroyed
Heb. beaten in pieces.
2 Chronicles 15:6; *marg
from morning
Isaiah 38:12,13
they perish
14:14, 16:22, Psalms 39:13, 92:7
without
18:17, 20:7, 2 Chronicles 21:20, Psalms 37:36, Proverbs 10:7
Verse 21

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
excellency
Psalms 39:5,11, 49:14, 146:3,4, Isaiah 14:16, Luke 16:22,23, James 1:11
die
36:12, Psalms 49:20, Isaiah 2:22, Luke 12:20

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