Verse 1
answered = replied. See note on Job 4:1.
Eliphaz. See note on Job 2:11. This is the second of his three addresses.
Verse 2
Should . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
vain = empty. i.e. windy science.
wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Verse 4
fear = reverence.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
Verse 5
iniquity. Hebrew. "avah, App-44.
Verse 7
Art. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
made = brought forth.
Verse 8
Hast . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
heard = overheard.
secret. Hebrew. sod = secret counsellings, used of two or more in council. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4. secret = concealed. Hebrew. la"at. Rendered by Theodotion (R. Sept.), musterion (= secret); Aquila (R. Sept.), aporrheta (= forbidden); Symmachus (R. Sept.), homilia (= intercourse).
Verse 12
Why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Verse 13
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Verse 14
man = a mortal. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14. See note on Job 14:1.
clean = pure.
Verse 15
trust = faith. Hebrew. "aman. Compare Job 15:31. App-69.
saints = holy ones. Here = angels. Compare Job 4:18.
sight = eyes.
Verse 20
wicked man = lawless one. Hebrew. rasha". App-44. From Job 15:20 to Job 15:35 Eliphaz repeats what he had heard from tradition.
travaileth = "he travaileth".
Verse 22
waited for of the sword = destined to the power of the sword.
Verse 25
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew El Shaddai. App-4.
Verse 27
collops = lumps, or slices.
Verse 29
shall he prolong the perfection thereof. The Septuagint reads "shall their shadow stretch along upon the ground".
Verse 30
breath. Hebrew. Ruach.
Verse 34
congregation = assembly.
tabernacles = tents.
Verse 35
mischief. Hebrew. "amal. App-44.
belly. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the thoughts produced by emotion.