“ Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,g and thou shalt have plenty of silver. ”
Yea, the Almighty shall be - Or, rather, “then the Almighty shall be” - והיה y e hâyâh . The meaning is, that if he would return to God, and cast off his anxiety for gold, “then” the Alm...
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...
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. Thou shalt have plenty of silver - Here again the versions and critics vary. The critics may disagree; but the doctrine o...
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. Apodosis. Yea - rather, Then shall the Almighty be, etc. Defence - rather, as the same Hebrew х betser...
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...
The Almighty shall be thy defence. — Rather, And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee. The word thus qualifying silver occurs only three other times in the Bible: Ps...
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...
(23) If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. (24) Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of th...
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence ,.... In temporal things, secure the plenty of gold and silver possessed of; surround and protect by his providence, that there shall be no danger of the Sabea...
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. Ver. 25. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence ] Or, thy gold, for the same word signifieth both, Job 36:19 , becaus...
Then shalt thou lay up gold The word בצר, batzer , here rendered gold , is a word of dubious meaning. R. Levi, indeed, makes it parallel to zahab, gold: Ab. Ezra, to cheseph, silver. “In Arab...
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...
The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. B. C. 1520. 21 Acquaint...
God by his special and watchful providence shall protect thee from all dangers and calamities. Heb. thy defences, or munitions . One God shall keep thee as safely as many munitions. Plenty of sil...
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...
If thou return to the Almighty. Spiritual Reformation I. The nature of a true spiritual reformation is here set forth. 1. Reconciliation to God. Men in their unregenerate state are out of sy...
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),...
An Admonition to Repent
2 Corinthians 6:10 ; Genesis 15:1 ; Isaiah 33:6 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; James 2:5 ; Psalms 16:5 ; Psalms 16:6 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 84:11 ; Romans 8:31