Job 15:1, Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself; v.17, He proves by tradition the unquietness of wicked men.
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Job 15 — OverviewJob 15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BiblePerhaps Job was so clear, and so well satisfied, in the goodness of his
own cause, that he thought, if he had not convinced, yet he had at
least silenced all his three friends; but, it seems he had not: in this…Job 15 — OverviewJob 15 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob's three friends having in their turns attacked him, and he having given answer respectively to them, Eliphaz, who began the attack, first enters the debate with him again, and proceeds upon the same plan as before,…Job 15:1-16Job 15:1-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he
and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud
it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it very much…Job 15:1Job 15:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEliphaz: Job 2:11, Job 4:1, Job 22:1, Job 42:7, Job 42:9Job 15:1Job 15:1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblehe charges him with arrogance and a high conceit of himself, as if he was the first man that was made, nay, as if he was the eternal wisdom of God, and had been in his council; and, to check his vanity, retorts his own…Job 15:2Job 15:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgea wise man: Job 11:2-3, Job 13:2; James 3:13
vain knowledge: Heb. knowledge of wind, Job 6:26, Job 8:2
fill: Hosea 12:1