Job 4:6

Is not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. The Authorized Version of 1611 reads "confidence; the uprightness of thy ways and thy hope? "First altered in the Cambridge edition of 1638. Name of editor is unknown.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence? - There has been considerable variety in the interpretation of this verse. Dr. Good renders it, Is thy p...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Is] not [this] thy (c) fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? (c) He concludes that Job was a hypocrite and had no true f...
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 J...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Is not this thy fear - I think Coverdale hits the true meaning:...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, &c.— Eliphaz points out to Job, in these words, the proper refuge of the afflicted; that their trust or c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Is not this thy fear, thy confidence ... - Does thy fear, th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'Is not thy fear (of God) thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?' 'Surely Job may reckon on the uprightness of his past life...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence...? — The meaning seems to be, “Should not thy fear or piety be thy confidence, and the uprightness of thy way...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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

(5) But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Is] not [this] thy fear ,.... The fear of God, that which is of him, comes from him, is a grace of his implanted in the hearts of his people at con...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Ver. 6. ls not this thy fear, thy confidence, &...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is not this thy fear? &c. We now plainly see what was the nature of thy fear of God, thy confidence in him, the uprightness of thy ways, and th...
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

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So the sense is, We now plainly see what was the nature and complexion of thy fear of God, thy confidence in him, the uprightness of thy ways, and th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope? The confidence of a godly fear These words are understood by divers of the Hebrew writers for a...
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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁶ Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Related Commentaries of Job 4:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the 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 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

Job 4:6