“ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; ”
I will show thee ... - The remainder of this chapter is a violent declamation, designed to overwhelm Job with the proofs of personal guilt. Eliphaz professes to urge nothing which had not been ha...
Job 15:2-19 is a polemic against Job's arrogance and pretence of wisdom. Job's words are empty and violent ( Job 15:2 f.). He does away with all religion ( Job 15:4 ) and breaks the reverential...
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare - Eliphaz is now about to quote a whole collection of wise...
I will shew thee, hear me, &c.— I will shew thee, hear me, for this I have seen; I will declare also ( Job 15:18 .) what the wise men recounted; for they concealed not the tradition of their...
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; In direct contradiction of Job's position ( Job 12:6 , etc.), that the lot of the wicked was the most prosperous here, Eip...
The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21) The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which in his anguish he...
XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE Job 15:1-35 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is e...
“The Heavens Are not Clean” Job 15:1-35 The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16 . He complains that the words of Job proved him t...
Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded him. He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using...
(17) В¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: (19) Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no s...
I will show thee, hear me ,.... Here Eliphaz proceeds to illustrate and make plain, to clear and defend, his former sentiment and proposition, and into which the rest of his friends came; that only...
I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare; Ver. 17. I will show thee, hear me ] Here Eliphaz useth a short but a lofty preface, calling hard for attention, and raising...
I will show thee, hear me I will prove what I have affirmed, namely, that such strokes as thine are peculiar to hypocrites and wicked men. And that which I have seen I will declare I will not spe...
ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a measure of consid...
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, a...
I will prove what I have affirmed, that such strokes as thine are peculiar to hypocrites and wicked men. I speak not by hearsay only, but from my own experience.
SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s cou...
Job 15:2 . Fill his belly with the east wind; a hot dry wind, the least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech, equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm...
EXPOSITION The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first (ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of speakers is maintained. Job answers each spea...
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety
Job 13:5 ; Job 13:6 ; Job 33:1 ; Job 34:2 ; Job 36:2 ; Job 5:27
I — I will prove what I have affirmed, that such strokes as thine are peculiar to hypocrites. Seen — I speak not by hear — say, but from my own experience.