Job 15:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A dreadfulc sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. ”

• Job 15:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A dreadful sound is in his ears - Margin, “A sound of fears.” He hears sudden, frightful sounds, and is alarmed. Or when he thinks himself safe, he is suddenly surprised. The enemy steals upon hi...

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• Job 15:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. A dreadful sound is in his ears - If he be an oppressor or tyrant, he can have no rest: he is full of suspicions th...

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• Job 15:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. An evil conscience conceives alarm at every sudden sound, though it be in a time of peace ("prosperity"), when...

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• Job 15:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “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...

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• Job 15:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• Job 15:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A dreadful sound [is] in his ears ,.... Or "a voice", or "sound of fears" t, of what causes fears; and which are either imaginary; sometimes wicked men, fear when there is no cause or occasion for i...

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• Job 15:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. Ver. 21. A dreadfid sound is in his ears ] Heb. A sound of fear and terror. Not one, but many at once, so that h...

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• Job 15:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A dreadful sound is in his ears Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears and expectations of it, from a consciousness of his own guilt, and a sense of God's all-seeing eye a...

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• Job 15:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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...

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• Job 15:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears and expectations of it from the sense of his own guilt, and of God's all-seeing eye and righteous judgment. See Leviticus 26:36 De...

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• Job 15:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Job 15:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety

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• Job 15:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:10 ; 1 Samuel 25:36-38 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Kings 7:6 ; Acts 12:21-23 ; Genesis 3:10 ; Genesis 3:9 ; Job 1:13-19 ; Job 18:11 ; Job 20:22-24 ; Job 20:5-7 ; Leviticus...

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• Job 15:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A sound — Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears. Come upon him — Suddenly and unexpectedly.

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