Whereas our substance is not cut down - The margin reads, or, “Estate.” Gesenius suggests that this means our adversary or enemy. The word u…

(20) Whereas our substance ... — These are probably the words of the righteous and the innocent: Surely thos…

Whereas our substance is not cut down
As yours is; Noah and his family were preserved in the ark, and the creatures …

Eliphaz wanted Job to mark the old way that wicked men have walked, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, so that we…

In the preceding words, Eliphaz seems to have charged Job with not believing that God has providence in human affairs. Now, as a consequence, he ap…