Advanced Commentary

(ex.: John 3:14-18)

Table of Contents Bible Dictionary
Arts
Questions
Resources/Books

Context
4:1 Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> answered <06030>: 4:2 “If someone should attempt <05254> a word <01697> with <0413> you, will you be impatient <03811>? But who <04310> can <03201> refrain <06113> from speaking <04405>? 4:3 Look <02009>, you have instructed <03256> many <07227>; you have strengthened <02388> feeble <07504> hands <03027>. 4:4 Your words <04405> have supported <06965> those who stumbled <03782>, and you have strengthened <0553> the knees <01290> that gave way <03766>. 4:5 But <03588> now <06258> the same thing comes <0935> to <0413> you, and you are discouraged <03811>; it strikes <05060> you, and you are terrified <0926>. 4:6 Is not <03808> your piety <03373> your confidence <03690>, and your blameless <08537> ways <01870> your hope <08615>? 4:7 Call to mind <02142> now <04994>: Who <04310>, being innocent <05355>, ever perished <06>? And where <0375> were upright <03477> people ever destroyed <03582>? 4:8 Even as <0834> I have seen <07200>, those who plow <02790> iniquity <0205> and those who sow <02232> trouble <05999> reap <07114> the same. 4:9 By the breath <05397> of God <0433> they perish <06>, and by the blast <07307> of his anger <0639> they are consumed <03615>. 4:10 There is the roaring <07581> of the lion <0738> and the growling <06963> of the young lion <07826>, but the teeth <08127> of the young lions <03715> are broken <05421>. 4:11 The mighty lion <03918> perishes <06> for lack <01097> of prey <02964>, and the cubs <01121> of the lioness <03833> are scattered <06504>. 4:12 “Now a word <01697> was secretly brought <01589> to <0413> me, and my ear <0241> caught <03947> a whisper <08102> of <04480> it. 4:13 In the troubling thoughts <05587> of the dreams <02384> in the night <03915> when a deep sleep <08639> falls <05307> on <05921> men <0376>, 4:14 a trembling <07460> gripped <07122> me– and a terror <06343>!– and made all <07230> my bones <06106> shake <06342>. 4:15 Then a breath of air <07307> passes by <02498> my face <06440>; it makes the hair <08185> of my flesh <01320> stand up <05568>. 4:16 It stands still <05975>, but I cannot <03808> recognize <05234> its appearance <04758>; an image <08544> is before <05048> my eyes <05869>, and I hear <08085> a murmuring <01827> voice <06963>:

• Job 4:1-11 -- Eliphaz Begins to Speak
• Job 4:12--5:7 -- Ungodly Complainers Provoke God's Wrath

• Eliphaz

  [smith] (God is his strength). The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman. (Genesis 36:4; 1 Chronicles 1:35,36) The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is called "the Temanite;" hence it is naturally inferred that he w...
  [nave] ELIPHAZ 1. Son of Esau, Gen. 36:4, 10-16; 1 Chr. 1:35. 2. Friend of Job, Job 2:11; 4; 5; 22; 42:7-9.
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Heathen

  [nave] HEATHEN Under this head are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant. Cast out of Canaan, Lev. 18:24, 25; Psa. 44:2; and their land given to Israel, Psa. 78:55; 105:44; 135:12; 136:21, 22; Isa. 54:1-3. ...
  

• Presumption

  [nave] PRESUMPTION. Ex. 5:2; Ex. 14:11, 12; Ex. 17:7; Num. 15:30; Num. 16:41; Num. 21:5; Deut. 29:19, 20; 1 Kin. 20:28; 1 Kin. 22:24; Job 15:25; Psa. 19:13; Psa. 131:1; Prov. 18:12, 13; Prov. 25:6, 7; Isa. 5:18-25; Isa. 10:15; Isa...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• Vision

  [isbe] VISION - vizh'-un (chazon, chizzayon, mar'ah; horama, optasia): Psychologists find that man is prevailingly and persistently "eye-minded." That is, in his waking life he is likely to think, imagine and remember in terms of v...
  [nave] VISION, a mode of revelation, Num. 12:6; 1 Sam. 3:1; 2 Chr. 26:5; Psa. 89:19; Prov. 29:18; Jer. 14:14; 23:16; Dan. 1:17; Hos. 12:10; Joel 2:28; Obad. 1; Hab. 2:2; Acts 2:17. Of Abraham, concerning his descendants, Gen. 15:1-...
  

• ELIPHAZ (2)

  [isbe] ELIPHAZ (2) - The first and most prominent of the three friends of Job (Job 2:11), who come from distant places to condole with and comfort him, when they hear of his affliction. That he is to be regarded as their leader and...
  

• Dream

  [nave] DREAM Evanescent, Job 20:8. Vanity of, Eccl. 5:3, 7. Revelations by, Num. 12:6; Job 33:15-17; Jer. 23:28; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17. The dreams of the butler and baker, Gen. 40:8-23; Pharaoh, Gen. 41:1-36. Interpreted by Jose...
  

• Doubting

  [nave] DOUBTING. Job 4:3-6; Job 9:16-23; Job 30:20, 21 Job 3; 16; 17; 23:15-17. Psa. 22:2; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 42:5, 6; Psa. 49:5; Psa. 73:13-17; Psa. 77:3, 7-9; Prov. 24:10; Isa. 40:27, 28 Isa. 50:2. Isa. 49:14, 15; Jer. 8:18; Jer. ...
  

• Lion

  [isbe] LION - li'-un: (1) Occurring most often in the Old Testament is 'aryeh, plural 'ardyoth. Another form, 'ari, plural 'arayim, is found less often. 1. Names: Compare 'ari'el, "Ariel" (Ezr 8:16; Isa 29:1,2,7); char'el, "upper a...
  [nave] LION King of beasts, Mic. 5:8. Fierceness of, Job 4:10; 28:8; Psa. 7:2; Prov. 22:13; Jer. 2:15; 49:19; 50:44; Hos. 13:8. The roaring of, Psa. 22:13; Prov. 20:2. Strength of, Prov. 30:30; Isa. 38:13; Joel 1:6. Instincts o...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• SPIRIT

  [ebd] (Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess. 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl. 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 5...
  [isbe] SPIRIT - spir'-it (ruach; pneuma; Latin, spiritus): 1. Primary and Figurative Senses (1) As Wind, Breath (2) As Anger or Fury (3) As Mental and Moral Qualities in Man 2. Shades of Meaning (1) As Life-Principle (2) As Survivi...
  

• Lintel

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphta...
  

• Angel

  [nave] ANGEL. One of the Holy Trinity Trinitarian authorities interpret the Scriptures cited under this topic as referring to Christ, who according to this view was the divine presence in the wilderness. Called Angel, Acts 7:30, ...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• WHELP

  [isbe] WHELP - hwelp (gur, or gor; either absol. (Ezek 19:2,3,5; Nab 2:12); or constr. with 'aryeh, "lion" (Gen 49:9; Dt 33:22; Jer 51:38; Nah 2:11); also benelabhi', literally, "sons of a lioness," translated "the whelps of the li...
  

• Blight

  [nave] BLIGHT 1 Kin. 8:37. Sent as a judgment, Deut. 28:22; 2 Kin. 19:7; Isa. 37:7; Amos 4:9; Hag. 2:17. Figurative Ex. 15:8; 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; Psa. 18:15.
  

• Wisdom

  [nave] WISDOM Of Joseph, Gen. 41:16, 25-39; Acts 7:10. Of Moses, Acts 7:22. Of Bezaleel, Ex. 31:3-5; 35:31-35; 36:1. Of Aholiab, Ex. 31:6; 35:34, 35; 36:1; of other skilled artisans, Ex. 36:2; of women, Ex. 35:26. Of Hiram, 1 K...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• Breath

  [nave] BREATH Of life, Gen. 2:7; 7:22; Acts 17:25. Of God, 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; 15:30; 33:4; 37:10; Psa. 18:15; 33:6; Isa. 30:33. Figurative Ezek. 37:9.
  

• Righteous before God

  

• Eliphaz Speaking

  

• Romans 8:18 and 1Pet chapter 4 seem to imply Christians should rejoice in our suffering because of the sympathy towards the suffering of Jesus,
  The suffering I have experienced does not compare to what you have described. The problem of pain is one that requires much more than a glib response. Indeed, the answer is probably the content of a book -- one...

Back to Commentary Page