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

“ Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. ”

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

Thy words have upholden him that was falling - That is, either falling into sin, or sinking under calamity and trial. The Hebrew will bear either interpretation, but the connection seems to requi...
Job 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

words . sayings. Hebrew. millah. See note on "speaking" ( Job 4:2 ). falling . stumbling.
Job 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Job 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. No JFB...
Job 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy words have up, holden him that was falling ,.... Or "stumbling" m; that was stumbling at the providence of God in suffering good men to be afflicted, and wicked men to prosper; which has been th...
Job 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Ver. 4. Thy words have upholden him that was falling ] So forcible are right words, well timed and fitted...
Job 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy words have upholden him that was falling That was ready to sink under his pressures, or to fall into sin, or from God, through despondency and distrust of his providence and promise, or through...
Job 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Him that was falling; ready to sink under their pressures, or to fall from God, or into sin, (as that word is used, 1 Corinthians 10:12 Galatians 6:2 , and elsewhere,) through despondency and...
Job 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 2:7 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; Daniel 5:6 ; Hebrews 12:12 ; Isaiah 35:3 ; Isaiah 35:4 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 16:23 ; Proverbs 16:24 ; Psalms 145:14
Job 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Feeble knees — Such as were weak hearted, and fainting under their trials.

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

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

Job 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

Job 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Job 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Job 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Job 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Job 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes