Job 4:6 - 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 confidence should be in God. Is not thy fear thy confidence, &c. that is, "Thy fear of God should be thy confidence." Houbigant renders it, Was not thy religion thy confidence, thy hope the integrity of thy manners? There is another sense which may be given to the passage, and which Mr. Heath prefers; Is not thy fear thy folly, thy hope, and the integrity of thy ways? That is, "Does not thy fear proceed from some folly and wickedness thou hast been guilty of? Or, if thou art innocent, ought not thy hope to keep pace with thine integrity? For, remember, who ever perished, &c.?" The ו vau, or conjunction and, as some interpreters judge, should be before thy hope; and then the construction, say they, will be plainer; and thy hope the integrity of thy ways: but there are several examples where the ו vau is thus postponed, and that with elegance. See Peters.