TheWay BibleJob 4:6 KJV
Job · chapter 4 · verse 6
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?Job 4:6 · King James Version
Job 4:6 in context
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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Key words (Strong's)
- uprightnesstômcompletenessH8537 →
- confidencekiçlâhin a good sense, trustH3690 →
- fearyirʼâhfearH3374 →
- hopetiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
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In these verses, I. Eliphaz excuses the trouble he is now about to give to Job by his discourse (Job 4:2): "If we assay a word with thee, offer a word of reproof and counsel, wilt thou be grieved and take it ill?" We have reason to fear thou wilt; but there is no remedy: "Who can refrain from words?" Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6