1 Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
17 He proves by tradition the unquietness of wicked men

Eliphaz 2:11 4:1 22:1 42:7,9

2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

a wise man 11:2,3 13:2 Jas 3:13

vain knowledge. Heb. knowledge of wind 6:26 8:2

fill Ho 12:1

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

he reason 13:4,5 16:2,3 26:1-3 Mal 3:13-15 Mt 12:36,37 Col 4:6 1Ti 6:4,5

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

castest off. Heb. makest void 4:5,6 6:14 Ps 36:1-3 119:126 Zep 1:6 Ro 3:31 Ga 2:21

restrainest 5:8 27:10 1Ch 10:13,14 Ho 7:14 Am 6:10 Lu 18:1

prayer. or, speech

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

uttereth. Heb. teacheth 9:22-24 12:6 Mr 7:21,22 Lu 6:45 Jas 1:26

thou choosest Ps 50:19,20 52:2-4 64:3 120:2,3 Jer 9:3-5,8 Jas 3:5-8

6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

own mouth 9:20 Ps 64:8 Mt 12:37 26:65 Lu 19:22

thine own 33:8-12 34:5-9 35:2,3 40:8 42:3

7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

the first 10 12:12 Ge 4:1

or wast thou 38:4 *etc: Ps 90:2 Pr 8:22-25

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

the secret 11:6 De 29:29 Ps 25:14 Pr 3:32 Jer 23:18 Am 3:7 Mt 11:25 Mt 13:11,35 Joh 15:15 Ro 11:34 16:25,26 1Co 2:9-11,16

thou restrain 12:2 13:5,6

9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

knowest 13:2 26:3,4 2Co 10:7 11:5,21-30

10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

the gray-headed 8:8-11 12:20 32:6,7 De 32:7 Pr 16:31

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

the consolations 5:8-26 11:13-19 2Co 1:3-5 7:6

is there 8 13:2 1Ki 22:24

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

thine heart Ec 11:9 Mr 7:21,22 Ac 5:3,4 8:22 Jas 1:14,15

thy eyes 17:2 Ps 35:19 Pr 6:13

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

turnest 25-27 9:4 Ro 8:7,8

and lettest 10:3 12:6 Ps 34:13 Mal 3:13 Jas 1:26 3:2-6

14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

is man 9:2 14:4 25:4-6 1Ki 8:46 2Ch 6:36 Ps 14:3 51:5 Pr 20:9 Ec 7:20,29 Joh 3:6 Ro 7:18 Ga 3:22 Eph 2:2,3 1Jo 1:8-10

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

he putteth. See on 4:18 25:5 Isa 6:2-5

16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

How much (Rather, 'How much less (aph kee,) abominable and filthy man,' who, under the influence of sinful propensities, commits sin as greedily as a thirsty man or camel drinks down water.)

abominable 4:19 42:6 Ps 14:1-3 53:3 Ro 1:28-30 3:9-19 Tit 3:3

drinketh 20:12 34:7 Pr 19:28

17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

hear me 5:27 13:5,6 33:1 34:2 36:2

18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

from their 10 8:8 Ps 71:18 78:3-6 Isa 38:19

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Unto whom Ge 10:25,32 De 32:8 Joe 3:17

20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

travaileth Ro 8:22 Ec 9:3

the number Ps 90:3,4,12 Lu 12:19-21 Jas 5:1-6

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

dreadful sound. Heb. sound of fears 18:11 Ge 3:9,10 Le 26:36 2Ki 7:6 Pr 1:26,27

in prosperity 1:13-19 20:5-7,22-24 Le 26:36 1Sa 25:36-38 Ps 73:18-20 92:7 Ac 12:21-23 1Th 5:3

the destroyer 1Co 10:10 Re 9:11

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

He believeth not 6:11 9:16 2Ki 6:33 Isa 8:21,22 Mt 27:5

and he is 20:24,25

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

wandereth 30:3,4 Ge 4:12 Ps 59:15 109:10 La 5:6,9 Heb 11:37,38

the day 18:5,6,12,18 Ec 11:8 Joe 2:2 Am 5:20 Zep 1:15 Heb 10:27

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

anguish 6:2-4 Ps 119:143 Pr 1:27 Isa 13:3 Mt 26:37,38 Ro 2:9

as a king Pr 6:11 24:34

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

he stretcheth Le 26:23 Ps 73:9,11 Isa 27:4 Da 5:23 Mal 3:13 Ac 9:5 12:1,23

strengtheneth 9:4 40:9-11 Ex 5:2,3 9:17 1Sa 4:7-9 6:6 Ps 52:7 Isa 8:9,10 Isa 10:12-14 41:4-7

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

runneth 2Ch 28:22 32:13-17

even on 16:12 Ge 49:8 Ps 18:40

27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

he covereth 17:10 De 32:15 Ps 17:10 73:7 78:31 Isa 6:10 Jer 5:28

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

desolate 3:14 18:15 Isa 5:8-10 Mic 7:18

which are ready Jer 9:11 26:18 51:37 Mic 3:12

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

neither shall 20:22-28 22:15-20 27:16,17 Ps 49:16,17 Lu 12:19-21 16:2,19-22 Jas 1:11 5:1-3

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

depart 22 10:21,22 18:5,6,18 Mt 8:12 22:13 2Pe 2:17 Jude 1:13

the flame 20:26 Isa 30:33 Eze 15:4-7 20:47,48 Mt 25:41 Mr 9:43-49 2Th 1:8,9

by the breath 4:9 Isa 11:4 Re 19:15

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

not him 12:16 Isa 44:20 Ga 6:3,7 Eph 5:6

trust Ps 62:10 Isa 59:4 Jon 2:8

for vanity 4:8 Pr 22:8 Isa 17:10,11 Ho 8:7 Ga 6:8

32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

accomplished. or, cut off 22:16 Ps 55:23 Ec 7:17

and his branch 8:16-19 14:7-9 18:16,17 Ps 52:5-8 Isa 27:11 Eze 17:8-10 Ho 9:16 Ho 14:5-7 Joh 15:6

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

shake off Isa 33:9 Re 6:13

and De 28:39,40

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

the congregation 8:13 20:1 27:8 36:13 Isa 33:14,15 Mt 24:51

the tabernacles 11:14 12:6 22:5-9 29:12-17 1Sa 8:3 12:3 Mic 7:2 Am 5:11,12

35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

conceive Ps 7:14 Isa 59:4,5 Ho 10:13 Ga 6:7,8 Jas 1:15

vanity. or, iniquity