Job 4:18

Behold, he put no trust in his servants. — The statement is a general one; it does not refer to any one act in the past. We should read putteth and chargeth. Eliphaz repeats himself in Job 15:15.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants - These are evidently the words of the oracle that appeared to Eliphaz; see Schultens, in loc. The word s...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his (m) angels he charged with folly: (m) If God finds imperfection in his angels when they are not mai...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This is what the vision said. Translate as mg.: Shall mortal man be just before God, shall a man be pure before his maker? Even the angels are fall...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

put no trust . putteth no faith in. Hebrew. 'aman. App-69. Compare Job 15:15 ; Job 15:31 . servants . messengers ( Psalms 104:4 ). charged ....
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 454 ELIPHAZ REPROVES JOB Job 4:12-19 . Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts fr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Behold, he put no trust in his servants - This verse is generally unde...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His angels he charged with folly— Schultens observes, that the Hebrew word rendered charged, signifies to discern or take notice of; see Isa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Folly. Imperfection ( Job 2:10 ) is to be attributed to the an...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He put no trust ] because of their imperfections. Servants ] attendant angels.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 tw...
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. T...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) В¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sle...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants ,.... Some think the divine oracle or revelation ends in Job 4:17 , and that here Eliphaz makes some use an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Ver. 18. Lo, he put no trust in his servants, &c. ] Those menia...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. For it deserves thy serious consideration. These and the following words seem to be the words of Eliphaz, explaining the former vis...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Behold; this deserves thy serious consideration. These and the following words seem to be the words of Eliphaz, explaining the former vision, and a...
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 o...
Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ). fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
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 preacher...
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 betw...
The Biblical Illustrator

And His angels He charged with folly. Folly in angels “His angels He charged with folly.” Revelation conveys to us the highly interesting infor...
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 th...
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 positio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, He put no trust in His servants, the ministering angels; and His angels he charged with folly, to the very spirits of light He imputes erro...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:4 ; Isaiah 6:2 ; Isaiah 6:3 ; Job 15:15 ; Job 15:16 ; Job 25:5 ; Job 25:6 ; Jude 1:6 ; Psalms 103:20 ; Psalms 103:21 ; Psalms 10...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Servants — They are called his servants by way of eminency, that general name being here appropriated to the chief of the kind, to intimate that so...

¹⁸ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Related Commentaries of Job 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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