Job 4:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ By the blast of God they perish, and by the breatha of his nostrils are they consumed. ”

Job 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the blast of God - That is, by the judgment of God. The figure is taken from the hot and fiery wind, which, sweeping over a field of grain, dries it up and destroys it. In like manner Eliphaz...
Job 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

By the (f) blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. (f) He shows that God needs no great preparation to destroy his enemies: for he can do it with the blast of...
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

blast. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16. breath . spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. nostrils. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Job 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Job 4:9 By the blast of God they perish - As the noxious and parching east wind blasts and destroys vegetation...
Job 4:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

By the blast of God they perish, &c.— By the breath of God they perish; for, at the blast of his anger, the roarings of the lion, and the growling of the black lion, are hushed, and the teeth...
Job 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Breath of his nostrils - God's anger. A figure from the fiery winds of the East ( Job 1:16 ; Isaiah 5:25...
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

By the blast of God they perish ,.... They and their works, the ploughers, sowers, and reapers of iniquity; the allusion is to the blasting of corn by the east wind, or by mildew, c. having used the...
Job 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Ver. 9. By the blast of God they perish ] He puts himself to no great pain to punish them; but blows them away...
Job 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By the blast of God they perish , &c. These two verses are thus interpreted by Heath: By the breath of God they perish; for, at the blast of his anger, the roarings of the lion, and the growlin...
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By the blast of God, to wit, of his nostrils , as it here follows, i.e. by his anger, which in men shows itself in the nostrils, by hot and frequent breathings there, and therefore by an anthropop...
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

breath That is, by His anger, as ( Isaiah 30:33 ); ( Exodus 15:8 ); ( Job 1:19 ); ( Job 15:30 ); ( Isaiah 11:4 ); ( 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ).
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:7 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Exodus 15:8 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 30:33 ; Job 1:19 ; Job 15:30 ; Psalms 18:15 ; Revelation 2:16
Job 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The blast — Of his nostrils, as it follows; by his anger, which in men shews itself, in the nostrils, by hot and frequent breathings there, by a secret, but mighty judgment of God, they are blown a...

Job 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 4:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 4:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 4:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 4:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 4:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 4:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 4:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

Job 4:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes