For the congregation of hypocrites - The word translated “congregation” here (עדה ‘êdâh) properly means an appointed meeting—a meet…

Desolate. —This was Job’s own word (Job 3:7), and as it is an uncommon word, there may be some intentional reference t…

For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate
Hypocrites are such who seem to and would be thought to be, w…

Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…

After Eliphaz shows the anxieties and fear the wicked man suffers even in a state of prosperity, he now speaks about the bitter things that consume…