4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. …
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a strained innuendo . Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says here is therefore unjustly applied to Job, but in itself it is very true and good, I. That when God does us good it is not because he is indebted to us; if he were, there might be some colour t…
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