Job 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. ”

Job 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even as I have seen - Eliphaz appeals to his own observation, that people who had led wicked lives were suddenly cut off. Instances of this kind he might doubtless have observed - as all may have...
Job 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Even as I have seen, they that (e) plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. (e) They who do evil cannot but receive evil.
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. They that plough iniquity - A proverbial form of speech drawn from nature. Whatever seed a man sows in the ground, he...
Job 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, &c.— Recollect, I pray thee, &c. Eliphaz here begins to shew what he suspected. The strong term he uses, who ever perished, being innocent? and...
Job 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. They that plow iniquity ... reap the same - ( Proverbs 22:8 ; Hosea 8:7 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Galatians 6:7-8 )....
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They that plow iniquity. — Comp. Galatians 6:7-8 ; and comp. also the strange expression of Isaiah 5:18 .
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? (8) Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. (9) By the b...
Job 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even as I have seen ,.... Here he goes about to prove, by his own experience, the destruction of wicked men; and would intimate, that Job was such an one, because of the ruin he was fallen into: t...
Job 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Ver. 8. Even as I have seen ] And therefore can boldly say: for what so sure as sight? See Num 11:23 Genesis 34:1,...
Job 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Even as I have seen , &c. As thou hast never seen any example of a righteous man cut off, so I have seen many of wicked men cut off for their wickedness. They that plough , &c. They that de...
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By...
Job 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As thou hast never seen any example of a righteous man cut off, so on the contrary I have seen many examples of wicked men cut off for their wickedness. Or, As far as I have observed ; or, But as I...
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 9:6 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Hosea 8:7 ; Jeremiah 4:18 ; Proverbs 22:8 ; Psalms 7:14-16
Job 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Even — As thou hast never seen any example of a righteous man cut off, so I have seen many of wicked men cut off for their wickedness. They — They that designedly work wickedness, first preparing t...

Job 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes