Job 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? ”

Job 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we assay to commune with thee - Margin, A word. Hebrew - הנסה דבר dâbâr hanı̂câh . “May we attempt a word with thee?” This is a gentle and polite apology at the beginning of his spee...
Job 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but (a) who can withhold himself from speaking? (a) Seeing your impatience.
Job 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the tone of Job's speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He wonders that Job, who had comforted so many others in trouble, s...
Job 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

assay . attempt, or try. to commune . a word. who... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. speaking. Hebrew. millah . words composing the matter of what is said.
Job 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? If we assay to commune with thee - As if he had said, Should I and my friends endeavor to reason...
Job 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If we assay to commune with thee, &c.— This verse contains an apology for what Eliphaz was about to say, and is well rendered by Houbigant thus: If I should attempt a discourse against thee, t...
Job 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? If we assay to commune. Umbreit makes two questions, 'May we attempt a word with thee? Wilt...
Job 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (2) If we assay. — Rather, perhaps, Has one ever assayed? or, Has a word ever been tried? It appears from Job 29:9-10 , that Job was held in great honour and reverence by all, and Eliph...
Job 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Job 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Job 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? (3) Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. (4) Thy words...
Job 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved ?.... Eliphaz speaks in the name of himself and his two friends, who had doubtless consulted together, and compared their sentiments of Job;...
Job 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:2 [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Ver. 2. If we assay to commune with thee ] Or may we assay to commune with thee? Art...
Job 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If we assay to commune with thee , &c. This is nearly the sense, but not exactly the construction of the Hebrew, הנסה דבר אליךְ, hanissah dabar eeleka , is rather, Annon aggrediemur sermonem a...
Job 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2...
Job 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wilt thou be grieved? or, (without a note of interrogation,) thou wilt be grieved . Our words will undoubtedly vex thee, and not comfort thee, as we intended and desired to do. We must not use wor...
Job 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Job 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:4-6 ; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 ; Acts 4:20 ; Jeremiah 20:9 ; Jeremiah 6:11 ; Job 32:18-20
Job 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Job 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If we, &c. — He speaks with great modesty. He will not undertake the cause alone, but joins his friends with him. He will not promise much, but only assay, or try if he could propose any thing...

Job 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes