Job 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? ”

Job 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence? - There has been considerable variety in the interpretation of this verse. Dr. Good renders it, Is thy piety then nothing? thy hope Thy contidence? or...
Job 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Is] not [this] thy (c) fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? (c) He concludes that Job was a hypocrite and had no true fear or trust in God.
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Is not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. The Authorized Version of 1611 reads "confidence; the uprightness of thy ways and thy hope? "First altered in the Cambridge edition of 1638. Name of...
Job 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Is not this thy fear - I think Coverdale hits the true meaning: Where is now thy feare of God, thy stedfastnesse,...
Job 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, &c.— Eliphaz points out to Job, in these words, the proper refuge of the afflicted; that their trust or confidence should be in God. Is not thy fear thy c...
Job 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Is not this thy fear, thy confidence ... - Does thy fear, thy confidence, etc., come to nothing? Does it come...
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence...? — The meaning seems to be, “Should not thy fear or piety be thy confidence, and the uprightness of thy ways thy hope? Should not the piety thou wast so read...
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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...
Job 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Is] not [this] thy fear ,.... The fear of God, that which is of him, comes from him, is a grace of his implanted in the hearts of his people at conversion, and is increased and encouraged, and draw...
Job 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Ver. 6. ls not this thy fear, thy confidence, &c. ] Or thy folly: q.d. Is not thy religion a me...
Job 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is not this thy fear? &c. We now plainly see what was the nature of thy fear of God, thy confidence in him, the uprightness of thy ways, and thy hope in God's mercy. Thy present conduct discove...
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2...
Job 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So the sense is, We now plainly see what was the nature and complexion of thy fear of God, thy confidence in him, the uprightness of thy ways, and thy hope in God's mercy, which thou didst make show...
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:13 ; 1 Peter 1:17 ; 2 Kings 20:3 ; Job 1:1 ; Job 1:10 ; Job 1:8 ; Job 1:9 ; Job 13:15 ; Job 16:17 ; Job 17:15 ; Job 23:11 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 27:5 ; Job 27:6 ; Job 29:12-17 ;...
Job 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy fear — We now plainly see what was the nature of thy fear of God, thy confidence in him, the uprightness of thy ways, and thy hope in God's mercy. Thy present carriage discovers that it was but...

Job 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes