“ Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: ”
Which were cut down - Who were suddenly destroyed by a flood. On the word used here ( קמט qâmaṭ ) see the notes at Job 16:8 . It occurs only in that place and this. Its primary notion is tha...
Which were (l) cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: (l) He proves God's providence by the punishment of the wicked, whom he takes away before they can bring their wicke...
Job 22. Third Speech of Eliphaz. The only new thing that Eliphaz has to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness makes him end with bright promises. Job 22:1-5 . Is it n...
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: Whose foundation was overflown with a flood - The unrighteous in the days of Noah, who appear to have had an abundance of...
Hast thou marked? &c.— As the universal deluge was a most signal and memorable instance of God's displeasure against wickedness and wicked men, Eliphaz takes occasion to enlarge upon it for fiv...
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: Cut down - rather, 'fettered,' as in Job 16:8 ; Job 1:1-22 :e., arrested by death. Out of time - prematurel...
The Last Speech of Eliphaz 1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or l...
Which were cut down out of time. — Or, which were snatched away before their time. It is generally supposed that there is an allusion here to the history of the Flood; if so, the reference is of...
XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1-30 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to...
“Acquaint Thyself with God” Job 22:1-30 Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an enumeration of Job's fancied misdeeds,...
Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he ma...
(5) В¶ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? (6) For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (7) Thou hast not given wate...
Which were cut down out of time ,.... Sent out of time into eternity, time being no more with men, and they no longer in time, when death seizes upon them; or "before time" a, before the common term...
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: Ver. 16. Which were cut down out of time ] Or, Which grew full of wrinkles (as those that have long lain in the water...
Hast thou marked the old way? Hebrew, ארח עולם, orach gnolam, the way of antiquity , that is, of men living in ancient times, or former ages. And, by their way , he either means their course, and...
JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well wo...
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wi...
Out of time, i.e. before their time; who died a violent and untimely death. Whose foundation was overflown with a flood; who, together with their foundation, to wit, the earth, and all their supp...
THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present sufferings; concludes with...
Job 22:5 . Is not thy wickedness great? This speech of Eliphaz is cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to i...
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? The way of the wicked described It is commonly remarked, how little advantage mankind make of each other’s experience. This is surely...
EXPOSITION Job 22:1-18 Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, e.g. on the unprofitableness of man to God (verses l, 2),...
Warning to Avoid Further Punishments
1 Peter 3:19 ; 1 Peter 3:20 ; 2 Peter 2:5 ; Ecclesiastes 7:17 ; Genesis 7:11 ; Genesis 7:17-24 ; Job 15:32 ; Matthew 24:37-39 ; Psalms 102:24 ; Psalms 55:23
Out of — Before their time. A flood — Who, together with their foundation, the earth and all their supports and enjoyments in it, were destroyed by the general deluge.