Job 4:1
"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"

Commentary

Matthew Henry Concise

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Summary

Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted, and showed impatience. This we must keep

in mind if we would understand what passed.

Reflection

Learn from hence to draw off the mind of a sufferer from brooding over the affliction, to look at the God of mercies in the affliction. And how can this

be done so well as by looking to Christ Jesus, in whose unequalled sorrows every child of God soonest learns to forget his own?/

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Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted, and showed impatience. This we must keep

in mind if we would understand what passed. Eliphaz speaks of Job, and his afflicted condition, with tenderness; but charges him with weakness and faint-heartedness. Men make few allowances for those who have taught others. Even pious friends will count that only a touch which we feel as a wound. Learn from hence to draw off the mind of a sufferer from brooding over the affliction, to look at the God of mercies in the affliction. And how can this be done so well as by looking to Christ Jesus, in whose unequalled sorrows every child of God soonest learns to forget his own?/

Source: Matthew Henry Concise (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (4 words)

H6030 עָנָה
Definition:

A primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. Pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. To begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce -- give account, A primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. Pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. To begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce -- give account,

Possible Meanings:
  • answer (semantic_range)
H0464 אֱלִיפַז
Definition:

4,10,11,12 (twice in verse);Genesis 36:15,16;1 Chronicles 1:35,36.b.friend of JobJob 2:11;Job 4:1;Job 15:1;Job 22:1;Job 42:7,9.Topical LexiconAppearance in Patriarchal GenealogiesEliphaz first surface 4,10,11,12 (twice in verse);Genesis 36:15,16;1 Chronicles 1:35,36.b.friend of JobJob 2:11;Job 4:1;Job 15:1;Job 22:1;Job 42:7,9.Topical LexiconAppearance in Patriarchal GenealogiesEliphaz first surface

Possible Meanings:
  • God of fine gold (semantic_range)
H8489 תֵּימָנִי
Definition:

11;Job 4:1;Job 15:1;Job 42:7,9 =הֵַתּמָנִי׳אֱלJob 22:1; = proper name collective׳אֶרֶץ הַתּGenesis 36:34the land of the Temanites=1 Chronicles 1:45.Topical LexiconIdentity and Geographic SettingThe de 11;Job 4:1;Job 15:1;Job 42:7,9 =הֵַתּמָנִי׳אֱלJob 22:1; = proper name collective׳אֶרֶץ הַתּGenesis 36:34the land of the Temanites=1 Chronicles 1:45.Topical LexiconIdentity and Geographic SettingThe de

H0559 אָמַר
Definition:

1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe 1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe

Possible Meanings:
  • lamb (semantic_range)

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