introduces what he had to say in a preface, with some show of tenderness, friendship, and respect
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Job 4:1
Job 4:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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Job 4 — OverviewJob 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob having warmly given vent to his passion, and so broken the ice, his
friends here come gravely to give vent to their judgment upon his case,
which perhaps they had communicated to one another apart, compared…Job 4 — OverviewJob 4 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 4:1, Eliphaz reproves Job for want of religion; Job 4:7, He teaches God’s judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked; Job 4:12, His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God.Job 4 — OverviewJob 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob's sore afflictions, and his behaviour under them, laid the foundation of a dispute between him and his three friends, which begins in this chapter, and is carried on to the end of the thirty first; when Elihu starts…Job 4:1-6Job 4:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn these verses,
I. Eliphaz excuses the trouble he is now about to give to Job by his
discourse (v. 2): "If we assay a word with thee, offer a word of
reproof and counsel, wilt thou be grieved and take it ill?"…Job 4:1Job 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said (see the comment on Job 2:11).Job 4:1Job 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryEliphaz the visionary.
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