Job 22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Eliphaz. See note on Job 2:11.

answered. spake. See note on Job 4:1.

Can... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

man. a strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.

GOD. Hebrew El.

as. nay. The Hebrew accent (Tebir) on ki, "as", is disjunctive, and means "nay". See note on Isaiah 28:28.

Is it. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.

infinite. without end.

stripped the naked. Figure of speech Oxymoron. App-6.

the naked. the poorly clad, or threadbare.

man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. See translation below.

Is not. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

GOD. Hebrew Eloah App-4.

And, &c.. "and [yet may be] thou sayest".

How... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

dark cloud. Hebrew. 'araphel. See note on Job 3:6.

walketh. walketh habitually.

circuit. vault. Hebrew. hug,

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

Whereas. Supply Ellipsis (App-6), "[and say] Surely", &c. See translation below.

Acquaint. This is the false theology of Eliphaz. Compare Job 42:8.

good. blessing. Most codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and

unto. upon. Vulgate, read "thy gain shall be blessing".

return. Septuagint adds "and submit thyself".

tabernacles. tents. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "tent"; others, with six early printed editions (and one in margin), read "tents" (plural)

the humble. Hebrew the man of downcast eyes. Compare Luke 18:13.

the island of. Island put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for coasts, or borders; but the words are omitted by the Septuagint

it. The Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "thou".