2 Corinthians 2:4-6; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10; Acts 4:20; Jeremiah 20:9; Jeremiah 6:11; Job 32:18-20
If we assay to commune with thee - Margin, A word. Hebrew - הנסה דבר dâbâr hanı̂câh . “May we attempt a word with thee?” This is a gent...
[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but (a) who can withhold himself from speaking? (a) Seeing your impatience.
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...
assay . attempt, or try. to commune . a word. who... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. speaking. Hebrew. millah . words composing the m...
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? If we assay to commune with thee - As if he had...
If we assay to commune with thee, &c.— This verse contains an apology for what Eliphaz was about to say, and is well rendered by Houbigant thus...
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? If we assay to commune. Umbreit makes two...
The First Speech of Eliphaz ( Job 4:5 ) Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends: cp. Job 32:6 . He is also the most...
Note the courtesy of Eliphaz. He loses his temper in later speeches. 2-5. Eliphaz is greatly struck with the reverse in Job's fortunes. He who had...
IV. (2) If we assay. — Rather, perhaps, Has one ever assayed? or, Has a word ever been tried? It appears from Job 29:9-10 , that Job was he...
VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was wri...
“Shall Mortal Man Be More Just than God?” Job 4:1-21 The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the tw...
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...
(2) If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? (3) Behold, thou hast instructed many, and th...
[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved ?.... Eliphaz speaks in the name of himself and his two friends, who had doubtless consulte...
Job 4:2 [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Ver. 2. If we assay to commune wit...
If we assay to commune with thee , &c. This is nearly the sense, but not exactly the construction of the Hebrew, הנסה דבר אליךְ, hanissah dabar...
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,...
The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1...
Wilt thou be grieved? or, (without a note of interrogation,) thou wilt be grieved . Our words will undoubtedly vex thee, and not comfort thee, as...
COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job First Speech o...
Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preacher...
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...
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...
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...
If we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? Eliphaz wanted to be sure from the outset that Job would not misunderstand his friends if the...
The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three...
If we, &c. — He speaks with great modesty. He will not undertake the cause alone, but joins his friends with him. He will not promise much, but...
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?