“ In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, ”
In thoughts - Amidst the tumultuous and anxious thoughts which occur in the night. The Hebrew word rendered thoughts, ( שׂעפים śâ‛ı̂phı̂ym ), means thoughts which divide and distract the mind...
Eliphaz confirms the truth of his doctrine by telling of a vision which he had had. A revelation came upon him like a thief in the night (lit. a word stole upon me). His thoughts were raised to a hig...
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14.
DISCOURSE: 454 ELIPHAZ REPROVES JOB Job 4:12-19 . Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falle...
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, From the visions of the night - "It is in vain," says Mr. Good, "to search through ancient or modern poetry for a descriptio...
In thoughts from the visions, &c.— In the hurry of the visions; Heath, who observes from Schultens, that the word properly signifies an absence or confusion of mind, proceeding from a sudden...
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, In thoughts from the visions. So Winer and English version. Whilst revolving night visions previously made to him (...
The First Speech of Eliphaz ( Job 4:5 ) Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends: cp. Job 32:6 . He is also the most considerate. But the complainings of Job in Job...
In thoughts from the visions of the night. — The Book of Genesis exhibits the same idea of revelation through visions of the night, e.g., Job 15:1 ; Job 20:3 ; Job 30:11 ; Job 40:5 ; Job 41:...
VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief o...
“Shall Mortal Man Be More Just than God?” Job 4:1-21 The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the two others believed that special suffering resulted...
Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. The first, commencing here, runs through chapter fo...
(12) В¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (14) Fear came upon me, and tre...
In thoughts from the visions of the night ,.... While Eliphaz was thinking of and meditating upon divine things, or while he was revolving in his mind some night visions he had, before this was made...
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Ver. 13. In thoughts from the visions of the night, &c. ] Or, in thoughts of the visions of the night. It appeareth b...
In thoughts Or, By reason of my thoughts; my perplexing thoughts. These thoughts, it seems, arose from the visions of the night , which, probably, he had had before, and were the occasion of the...
ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE (vv.1-6) The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in reference to Job's sufferings, and had no idea of God's love. Eliphaz no doubt th...
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and...
In thoughts; in the midst of my thoughts, or by reason of my thoughts, my perplexing thoughts. the word properly signifies a branch , and thence a thought, as 1 Kings 18:21 , which proceeds fro...
COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job First Speech of Eliphaz Eliphaz censures Job for his impatien...
Job 4:13-17 I. Consider the spectre itself and its appearance. (1) It was produced by a likeness of moral state. It was a time of thought. But this does not convey all the idea of the passage. The...
Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preachers of righteousness on the sabbath days, &c, He...
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said. The first colloquy At this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three colloquies between Job and his friends. In form these colloquies...
EXPOSITION Job having ended his complaint, Eliphaz the Temanite, the first-named of his three friends ( Job 2:11 ), and perhaps the eldest of them, takes the word, and endeavours to answer him....
Job having thus given way to his impatience, his friends thought it their duty to correct him. But instead of showing him in what respect his position was wrong, they proceed according to the assumpt...
Daniel 10:9 ; Daniel 2:19 ; Daniel 2:28 ; Daniel 2:29 ; Daniel 4:5 ; Daniel 8:18 ; Genesis 15:12 ; Genesis 2:21 ; Genesis 20:3 ; Genesis 28:12 ; Genesis 31:24 ; Genesis 46:2 ; Job 33:14-...
The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three friends have at last broken their silence, and El...
In thoughts — These thoughts arose from the visions of the night, which it is probable he had seen before. Visions differed from dreams herein, that God imparted his mind to men in dreams when asle...