That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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Gill's Exposition
That thou turnest thy spirit against God,.... Not against men, his friends only, but against God himself, being filled with wrath and indignation at him; showing the enmity of his heart unto him, and…
Barnes' Notes
That thou turnest thy spirit - That your mind is turned against God instead of acquiescing in his dealings. The views of Job he traces to pride and to overweening self-confidence, and perhaps not…
Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it…
Cambridge Bible
turnest thy spirit "Spirit" may be breath, i. e., anger, fury, ch. Job 4:9 "blast"; cf. Pro 16:32; Isa 25:4. The words against Godare emphatic.
lettest such words go out lit. bringest forth wordsout…
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