while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it. while the land belonged to a mighty manThis phrase suggests ownership and control by a powerful individual. In the ancient Near Eastern context, land ownership was a sign of wealth and influence. The "mighty man" could refer to someone with significant social, military, or economic power. In biblical terms, such figures often held authority and were seen as leaders or protectors of their communities. The concept of land ownership is deeply rooted in the Old Testament, where land was a divine gift to the Israelites ( Genesis 12:7). The "mighty man" here could be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate ruler and owner of all creation ( Colossians 1:16). and a man of honor lived on it
This phrase indicates that the land was not only owned by a powerful person but also inhabited by someone of integrity and respect. In biblical culture, honor was a crucial social value, often associated with righteousness and adherence to God's laws. The presence of a "man of honor" suggests a community or society where moral and ethical standards were upheld. This can be connected to the biblical principle that those who live righteously will dwell securely in the land (Proverbs 2:21). The "man of honor" can also be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ, who lived a life of perfect honor and righteousness (Hebrews 4:15). Persons / Places / Events 1. Eliphaz the TemaniteOne of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him but ends up accusing him of wrongdoing. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking to Job, suggesting that Job's suffering is due to his sins. 2. JobA wealthy and righteous man who undergoes severe trials and suffering. The book of Job explores his faith and integrity amidst his suffering. 3. LandownerIn this verse, Eliphaz refers to a man who owns the land, implying wealth and power. This is part of his argument that Job's previous prosperity was due to his status and not necessarily his righteousness. 4. Man of HonorThis term is used to describe someone who is respected and has a high social standing. Eliphaz implies that Job was once such a man. 5. TemanA region in Edom, associated with wisdom. Eliphaz is from this region, which adds weight to his words in the cultural context of the time. Teaching Points Worldly vs. Godly HonorEliphaz equates land ownership and social status with honor. However, true honor in God's eyes is based on righteousness and humility, not material wealth or social standing. Misjudging OthersEliphaz's assumptions about Job's character based on his circumstances remind us to avoid judging others by their external situations. Only God knows the heart. The Source of ProsperityWhile Eliphaz suggests that prosperity comes from human effort and status, Scripture teaches that all blessings come from God, and He alone determines our circumstances. Endurance in TrialsJob's account encourages believers to remain steadfast in faith, even when falsely accused or misunderstood by others. True WisdomEliphaz's wisdom is worldly and flawed. True wisdom comes from fearing the Lord and understanding His ways, as seen throughout the book of Proverbs. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Eliphaz's view of honor and prosperity differ from the biblical perspective found in the teachings of Jesus? 2. In what ways can we ensure that we are not judging others based on their external circumstances, as Eliphaz did with Job? 3. Reflect on a time when you faced false accusations or misunderstandings. How can Job's response to his friends' accusations guide you in similar situations? 4. How does the concept of true wisdom, as seen in Proverbs, challenge the worldly wisdom presented by Eliphaz? 5. What steps can you take to cultivate a heart that values godly honor over worldly status and possessions? Connections to Other Scriptures Psalm 37:11This verse speaks of the meek inheriting the land, contrasting with Eliphaz's implication that only the powerful and honorable possess it. Proverbs 3:35This verse highlights the honor that comes from wisdom and righteousness, offering a counterpoint to Eliphaz's worldly view of honor. Matthew 5:5Jesus' teaching on the meek inheriting the earth provides a New Testament perspective that contrasts with Eliphaz's view of power and land ownership. People Eliphaz, Job, OphirPlaces Ophir, UzTopics Accepted, Admah, Anger, Arm, Bears, Belongs, Dwelleth, Dwells, Dwelt, Face, Favored, Gomorrah, Grass, Grows, Honorable, Honored, Honourable, Honoured, Mighty, Overthrew, Overthrow, Owning, Possessed, Power, Powerful, Rank, Sodom, Sown, Therein, Wrath, ZeboiimDictionary of Bible Themes Job 22:4-11 8779 materialism, nature of Job 22:5-9 5310 exploitation Library December 29 Morning
Understanding what the will of the Lord is.--EPH. 5:17. This is the will of God, even your sanctification.--Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.--This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.--We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily PathKnowledge and Peace
'Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.'--JOB xxii. 21. In the sense in which the speaker meant them, these words are not true. They mean little more than 'It pays to be religious.' What kind of notion of acquaintance with God Eliphaz may have had, one scarcely knows, but at any rate, the whole meaning of the text on his lips is poor and selfish. The peace promised is evidently only outward tranquillity and freedom from trouble, and the good that is to …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture What Life May be Made
'For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29. When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, ... lifting up; and He shall save the humble person.'--JOB xxii. 26-29. These words are a fragment of one of the speeches of Job's friends, in which …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Whether all Things are under Divine Providence
Whether All Things are under Divine Providence We proceed to the second article thus: 1. It seems that not all things are under divine providence. For nothing that is ordained happens contingently, and if all things were provided by God, nothing would happen contingently. There would then be no such thing as chance or fortune. But this is contrary to common opinion. 2. Again, every wise provider, so far as he is able, preserves those in his care from defect and from evil. But we see many evils in …
Aquinas—Nature and Grace Whether God is Everywhere by Essence, Presence and Power?
Objection 1: It seems that the mode of God's existence in all things is not properly described by way of essence, presence and power. For what is by essence in anything, is in it essentially. But God is not essentially in things; for He does not belong to the essence of anything. Therefore it ought not to be said that God is in things by essence, presence and power. Objection 2: Further, to be present in anything means not to be absent from it. Now this is the meaning of God being in things by His …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica Whether Everything is Subject to the Providence of God?
Objection 1: It seems that everything is not subject to divine providence. For nothing foreseen can happen by chance. If then everything was foreseen by God, nothing would happen by chance. And thus hazard and luck would disappear; which is against common opinion. Objection 2: Further, a wise provider excludes any defect or evil, as far as he can, from those over whom he has a care. But we see many evils existing. Either, then, God cannot hinder these, and thus is not omnipotent; or else He does …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica The Doctrine of God
I. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: (Vs. Atheism). 1. ASSUMED BY THE SCRIPTURES. 2. PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. a) Universal belief in the Existence of God. b) Cosmological:--Argument from Cause. c) Teleological:--Argument from Design. d) Ontological:--Argument from Being. e) Anthropological:--Moral Argument. f) Argument from Congruity. g) Argument from Scripture. II. THE NATURE OF GOD: (Vs. Agnosticism) 1. THE SPIRITUALITY OF GOD: (Vs. Materialism). 2. THE PERSONALITY OF GOD: (Vs. Pantheism). 3. THE UNITY …
Rev. William Evans—The Great Doctrines of the Bible The Case of the Christian under the Hiding of God's Face.
1. The phrase scriptural.--2. It signifies the withdrawing the tokens of the divine favor.--3 chiefly as to spiritual considerations.--4. This may become the case of any Christian.--5. and will be found a very sorrowful one.--6. The following directions, therefore, are given to those who suppose it to be their own: To inquire whether it be indeed a case of spiritual distress, or whether a disconsolate frame may not proceed from indisposition of body,--7. or difficulties as to worldly circumstances.--8, …
Philip Doddridge—The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul Bands of Love; Or, Union to Christ. "I Drew them with Cords of a Man, with Bands of Love: and I was to them as they that Take Off the Yoke on their Jaws, and I Laid Meat unto Them. " --Hosea xi. 4.
BANDS OF LOVE; OR, UNION TO CHRIST. SYSTEMATIC theologians have usually regarded union to Christ under three aspects, natural, mystical and federal, and it may be that these three terms are comprehensive enough to embrace the whole subject, but as our aim is simplicity, let us be pardoned if we appear diffuse when we follow a less concise method. 1. The saints were from the beginning joined to Christ by bands of everlasting love. Before He took on Him their nature, or brought them into a conscious …
Charles Hadden Spurgeon—Till He Come A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity: Or, an Exhortation to Christians to be Holy. By John Bunyan.
Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.'--[Psalm 93:5] London, by B. W., for Benj. Alsop, at the Angel and Bible, in the Poultrey. 1684. THE EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. This is the most searching treatise that has ever fallen under our notice. It is an invaluable guide to those sincere Christians, who, under a sense of the infinite importance of the salvation of an immortal soul, and of the deceitfulness of their hearts, sigh and cry, "O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Covenanting Enforced by the Grant of Covenant Signs and Seals.
To declare emphatically that the people of God are a covenant people, various signs were in sovereignty vouchsafed. The lights in the firmament of heaven were appointed to be for signs, affording direction to the mariner, the husbandman, and others. Miracles wrought on memorable occasions, were constituted signs or tokens of God's universal government. The gracious grant of covenant signs was made in order to proclaim the truth of the existence of God's covenant with his people, to urge the performance …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Epistle xxxix. To Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria.
To Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria. Gregory to Eulogius, &c. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country (Prov. xxv. 25). But what can be good news to me, so far as concerns the behoof of holy Church, but to hear of the health and safety of your to me most sweet Holiness, who, from your perception of the light of truth, both illuminate the same Church with the word of preaching, and mould it to a better way by the example of your manners? As often, too, as I recall in …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great Covenanting According to the Purposes of God.
Since every revealed purpose of God, implying that obedience to his law will be given, is a demand of that obedience, the announcement of his Covenant, as in his sovereignty decreed, claims, not less effectively than an explicit law, the fulfilment of its duties. A representation of a system of things pre-determined in order that the obligations of the Covenant might be discharged; various exhibitions of the Covenant as ordained; and a description of the children of the Covenant as predestinated …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Job
The book of Job is one of the great masterpieces of the world's literature, if not indeed the greatest. The author was a man of superb literary genius, and of rich, daring, and original mind. The problem with which he deals is one of inexhaustible interest, and his treatment of it is everywhere characterized by a psychological insight, an intellectual courage, and a fertility and brilliance of resource which are nothing less than astonishing. Opinion has been divided as to how the book should be …
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