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

“ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? ”

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

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? - compare for similar expressions, Exodus 5:2 ; Proverbs 30:9 . The meaning here is, “What claim has the Almighty, or who is he, that we should b...
Job 21:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21. Job's Reply. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: th...
Job 21:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
Job 21:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 472 CONDUCT OF SINNERS TOWARDS GOD Job 21:14-15 . Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve...
Job 21:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? What is the Almighty - What allegiance do we owe to him? We feel no obligation to obey him; and...
Job 21:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark me, and be admonished, &c.— The coldest reader cannot be insensible of the beauties of the poetry in this speech of Job. We will not, therefore, attempt to point them out, but attend to th...
Job 21:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? (Cf. Jeremiah 2:20 , "I will not serve" (God), margin; Proverbs 30:9 ; Exodus 5:2 , Phar...
Job 21:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradic...
Job 21:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1-34 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication...
Job 21:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Any Teach God?” Job 21:1-34 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6 , Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in a...
Job 21:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked a...
Job 21:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him...
Job 21:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him ?.... "Who is he" t? as some render it; or what is there in him, in his nature, in his excellencies and perfections, that should oblige us to serve h...
Job 21:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Ver. 15. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? ] Here the rottenness of their heart...
Job 21:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What is he to us? What excellence is there in him? What advantage have we, or can we expect from him? Strange that ever creatures should speak so ins...
Job 21:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper....
Job 21:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. B. C. 1520. 7 Wherefore do the...
Job 21:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What excellency is there in him? and what advantage have we or can we expect from him?
Job 21:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. Intr...
Job 21:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 21:15 I. No man can hold the Christian view of God's personality and dominion without his whole intellectual nature being ennobled. The finer and clearer our conceptions of the Divine idea, th...
Job 21:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Jud...
Job 21:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

But Job answered and said. Job’s third answer There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I....
Job 21:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 21:1-18 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge...
Job 21:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
Job 21:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:2 ; Hosea 13:6 ; Isaiah 30:11 ; Isaiah 45:19 ; Job 34:9 ; Job 35:3 ; John 16:24 ; Malachi 1:13 ; Malachi 1:14 ; Matthew 7:7 ; Proverbs 30:9 ; Psalms 12:4

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

Job 21:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 21:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Job 21:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

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

Job 21:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Job 21:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Job 21:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 21:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Job 21:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 21:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Job 21:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge