17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. …
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-35)Eliphaz, having reproved Job for his answers, here comes to maintain his own thesis, upon which he built his censure of Job. His opinion is that those who are wicked are certainly miserable, whence he would infer that those who are miserable are certainly wicked, and that therefore Job was so. Observe, I. His solemn preface to this discourse, in which he bespeaks Job’s attention, which he had litt…
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