Passage Research
Job 4 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Job 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָבַד | ʼâbad | H6 | 4 | wander, lose |
| לָאָה | lâʼâh | H3811 | 2 | tire, be |
| בְּלִי | bᵉlîy | H1097 | 2 | failure, nothing |
| אֱלוֹהַּ | ʼĕlôwahh | H433 | 2 | deity, Deity |
| מִלָּה | millâh | H4405 | 2 | word, discourse |
| רוּחַ | rûwach | H7307 | 2 | wind, breath |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 2 | voice, sound |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Job 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts, and are still, Ps 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear. Ever since man sinned, it has been terrible to him to receive communications from Heaven, conscious that he can expect no good tidings thence. Sinful man! shall he pretend to be more just, more pure, than God, who being his Maker, is his Lord and Owner? How dreadful, then, the pride and presumption of man! How great the patience of God! …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 4:12–30 (Public Domain)
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