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(11) Eliphaz the Temanite. —Teman was the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, to whose family this Eliphaz is probably to be referred (Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10-11). If so, this may roughly indicate the date of the book. The inhabitants of Teman, which lay north-east of Edom, were famed for their wisdom (Jeremiah 47:7).
Job 2:11-13 meaning. Job’s Visitors. Three of Job’s friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—come to visit him in his suffering, hoping to comfort him. They do not even recognize Job when they first see him, due to the boils all over his body. Each man tears his clothing and throws dust, weeping and mourning their friend’s condition.
Job 4:1-21. First Speech of Eliphaz. 1. Eliphaz—the mildest of Job's three accusers. The greatness of Job's calamities, his complaints against God, and the opinion that calamities are proofs of guilt, led the three to doubt Job's integrity.Eliphaz speaketh, though it will grieve Job, Job 4:1 ,2. Job had instructed and strengthened others in ...
Chapter 22. Eliphaz shows that a man's goodness profits not God. (1-4) Job accused of oppression. (5-14) The world before the flood. (15-20) Eliphaz exhorts Job to repentance. (21-30) Verses 1-4 Eliphaz considers that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but Job was far from thinking so.
22 Accept instruction from his mouth. and lay up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent. 24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
Eliphaz the Temanite was one of Job's three friends and so-called comforter. He likely is a descendant of Esau's son Eliphaz, though his son Teman. Eliphaz was more sympathetic in his counseling than Job's other two friends, Bildad and Zophar. But he too wanted Job to admit that his punishment by the Lord was just, for the sins he committed. Eliphaz was the oldest of the three friends and was ...
Job 42:7. ESV After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. NIV After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'I am angry with you and your two ...
