Job 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. ”

• Job 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  But now it is come upon thee - That is, calamity; or, the same trial which others have had, and in which thou hast so successfully exhorted and comforted them. A similar sentiment to that which i...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. But now it is come upon thee - Now it is thy turn to suffer, and give an example of the efficacy of thy own p...

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• Job 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Thou art troubled - thou hast lost thy self-command ( 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ).

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (5) But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? It is remarkable th...

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• Job 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest ,.... The affliction and evil that he feared, Job 3:25 ; or rather the same trials and afflictions were come upon him as had been on those whom he ha...

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• Job 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Ver. 5. But now it is come upon thee ] This is a galling. But hitherto Eliphaz had commended Job; now he d...

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• Job 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But now it is come upon thee That is, the evil which thou didst fear, ( Job 3:25 ,) or, that which had come upon those whom thou didst so comfort. And thou faintest There is no more spirit left i...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520.       1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,   2...

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• Job 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Now it is come, i.e. the evil which thou didst fear, Job 3:25 , and which was come upon those whom thou didst so comfort. Thou faintest; thou allowest in thyself what thou wouldst not bear in...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - 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....

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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• Job 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 4:1 ; 2 Corinthians 4:16 ; Hebrews 12:3 ; Hebrews 12:5 ; Job 1:11 ; Job 19:21 ; Job 2:5 ; Job 3:25 ; Job 3:26 ; Proverbs 24:10

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• Job 4:5 - 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...

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