8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! …
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn up any articles of impeachment against him, until Eliphaz did so here, where he positively and expressly charges him with many high crimes and misdemeanours, which, if he had really been guilty of them, might well have justified them in their harsh cen…
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