Job 15:20

wicked man. lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. From Job 15:20 to Job 15:35 Eliphaz repeats what he had heard from tradition.

travaileth. "he travaileth".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Travaileth with pain - That is, his sorrows are like the pains of parturition. Eliphaz means to say that he is a constant sufferer. All his da...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

And the number, etc.] RV 'even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Heavens Are not Clean” Job 15:1-35 The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16...
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) В¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. Ver. 20. The wicked man travaileth with pa...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked man travaileth with pain That is, lives a life of care, and fear, and grief, by reason of God's wrath, the torments of his own mind, and...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Travaileth with pain, i.e. lives a life of care, and fear, and grief, by reason of God's wrath, and the torments of his own mind, and his manifold...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his litt...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 15:2 . Fill his belly with the east wind; a hot dry wind, the least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech, equivalent to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, writhing, twisting, and trembling in torments of one form or other, and the number of years is hid...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:3 ; James 5:1-6 ; Luke 12:19-21 ; Psalms 90:12 ; Psalms 90:3 ; Psalms 90:4 ; Romans 8:22
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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²⁰ The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Related Commentaries of Job 15:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 15:20