Job 15:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. ”

• Job 15:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity - The sense is, “Let him not trust in vanity. He will be deceived. Vanity will be his recompense.” The idea is, that a man should not confide in that...

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• Job 15:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Let not him that is (t) deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. (t) He stands in his own conceit, that he will give no place to good counsel, therefore his own pride will bring...

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• Job 15:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 466 THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IS VANITY Job 15:31 . Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence . THE friends of Job were enlightened and pious men;...

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• Job 15:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Let not him that is deceived - 7. He has many vain imaginations of obtaining wealth, power, pleasure, and happiness...

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• Job 15:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity— Let him not trust in prosperity; it is a mere illusion; for it will turn out nothing but vanity: Heath: who renders the next verse, For his branch s...

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• Job 15:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Rather, 'let him not trust in vanity (or) he will be deceived,' etc. Vanity , х shaaw' ( H7723 )] - tha...

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• Job 15:31 - 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 15:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity. — Or, Let him not trust in vanity deceiving himself. (Comp. James 1:26 ; 1 Samuel 12:21 .)

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• Job 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity ,.... Every wicked man is deceived, either by Satan, who deceives the whole world, deceived our first parents, and deceives all their posterity, not only...

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• Job 15:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Ver. 31. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity ] Let it suffice him that he hath been once already deceived...

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• Job 15:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity That is, in the vain and deceitful things of this world, such as power, riches, honour, &c., of which, and of the loss of them, he had been discours...

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• Job 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In vanity, i.e. in the vain and deceitful things of this world, such as power, riches, honour, &c., of which, and of the loss of them, he had been largely discoursing; and now he subjoins a gen...

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• Job 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - 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 15:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety

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• Job 15:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 5:6 ; Galatians 6:3 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Hosea 8:7 ; Isaiah 17:10 ; Isaiah 17:11 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; Job 12:16 ; Job 4:8 ; Jonah 2:8 ; Proverbs 22:8 ;...

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• Job 15:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Vanity — In the vain and deceitful things of this world, he subjoins a general caution to all men to take heed of running into the same error and mischief. Vanity — Disappointment and dissatisfacti...

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