job-22:21

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 22:1-30

The Last Speech of Eliphaz1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job’s last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God’s treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose at his hands. Job can therefore only be suffering for his sins, and Eliphaz suggests those of which he has been guilty.2b. RV ’Surely he that is wise is profitable to himself’: i.e. benefits himself only.3. Pleasure] rather, ’advantage.’4. RV ’Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, that... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 22:1-40

The Third Series of Speeches (Job 22-31)Having failed to convince Job by the argument derived from God’s greatness and wisdom, and to make good their assertion that it fared ill with the wicked, the friends have only one new line of argument left. This is a downright accusation of Job as a high-handed tyrant. Eliphaz adopts this, though he softens its severity by a fervent exhortation to Job, and a description of the felicity that awaits him if he will but make peace with God. The rest of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 22:21

(21) Acquaint now thyself with him.—As he himself had done in Job 5:0, and as Zophar had done in Job 11:0, Eliphaz proceeds to give Job some good advice. “Thereby good shall come unto thee,” or “Thereby shall thine increase be good;” or perhaps he means that peace and rest from the obstinate questionings he was disturbed with would come to him thereby. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 22:1-30

Job 22:5 f 'There was no shadow of truth in the accusation,' Mark Rutherford observes. 'But what a world that must have been when the Church's anathemas were reserved for him who exacted pledges from his brother, who neglected the famishing, and who paid undue respect to the great!' We require higher tasks because we do not recognize the height of those we have. Trying to be kind and honest seems an affair too simple and too inconsequential for gentlemen of our heroic mould; we had rather set... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 22:1-30

XIX.DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERRORJob 22:1-30ELIPHAZ SPEAKSTHE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in the way of argument or awful example. It is only Eliphaz who tries to clinch the matter by directly accusing Job of base and cowardly offences. Bildad recites what may be called a short ode, and Zophar, if he speaks at all, simply repeats himself as one determined if possible to have the last word.And... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 22:1-30

The Third Series of Controversies CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1-5 ) 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6-11 ) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways of the wicked (Job 22:12-20 ) 4. Eliphaz’s exhortation and promise (Job 22:21-30 ) Job 22:1-5 . The third cycle of addresses begins again with Eliphaz, the wise man from Teman. He tries to maintain his dignity and lofty conception, but he proves too well that Job’s accusation of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 22:21

22:21 Acquaint now thyself {q} with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.(q) He exhorts Job to repentance, and to return to God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 22:1-30

JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth considering, "Can a man be profitable to God, though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?" (v.2). Certainly it is folly for anyone to think that he is doing God a favour by his righteousness, for to be perfectly right is nothing more than he should be. But in Eliphaz speaking to Job, this... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 22:1-30

THIRD SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 22-24) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 22) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 23-24) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 25-26) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 25) b. Reply of Job (chap. 26) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 27-31) a. Continuation of the reply of Job (chaps. 27-31) The last speech Eliphaz makes, chapter 22, is a grand effort to refute Job based upon the latter’s appeal to facts. There is more severity in it than he has shown before. He charges Job with cruelty,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 22:1-30

The Last Speech of Eliphaz Job 22:0 There are two interpretations of Scripture. One is the critical and literal, dealing searchingly and usefully with the grammar of the text, seeking to know exactly what each speaker and each writer meant at the very time of his utterance and at the very time of his authorship. That must always be a work of high utility. We cannot, indeed, proceed legitimately until we have settled the grammar of the text. But we should not rest there. There is a second... read more