2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 32:13-17; Genesis 49:8; Job 16:12; Psalms 18:40
He runneth upon him - That is, upon God. The image here is taken from the mode in which people rushed into battle. It was with a violent concussi...
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: He runneth upon him - Calmet has properly observed that this refers...
He runneth upon him— Who will run upon him, &c. Job 15:27 after he had covered his face. Houbigant: who says that Eliphaz here points out...
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: On his neck - rather, 'with outstretched neck'-namely, that of...
The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21) The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence,...
Render,' It (trouble) leaps at his throat, past the thickest boss of his shield.' The boss is the central knob of the buckler.
XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE Job 15:1-35 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the fa...
“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...
Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded him. He first...
(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:...
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck ,.... As a fierce and furious enemy runs upon another with great wrath and fury; as the he goat in Daniel'...
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: Ver. 26. He runneth upon him, even on his neck ] Vulgate, He run...
He runneth upon him That is, the wicked man (of whom, and of whose sin and misery, he speaks in the whole context, both preceding and following) as...
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...
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...
Runneth upon him, i.e. assaults him, or rusheth upon him with great swiftness and fury, as this phrase signifies, Daniel 8:6 . This he is eith...
SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his litt...
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...
EXPOSITION The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first (ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same orde...
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, that is, with his neck rigid, with all the muscles of his body taut for the attack, upon the thick bosses of...
He — The wicked man. Neck — As a stout warrior who cometh close to his adversary and grapples with him. He acts in flat opposition to God, both to...
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: