_MY SOUL IS WEARY OF MY LIFE; I WILL LEAVE MY COMPLAINT UPON MYSELF; I WILL SPEAK IN THE BITTERNESS OF MY SOUL._ I will leave my complaint upon myself - rather, 'I will give loose to my complaint' х_ SIYCHIY_ (H7879), to let free; to give loose rein to] - "I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL SAY UNTO GOD, DO NOT CONDEMN ME; SHEW ME WHEREFORE THOU CONTENDEST WITH ME._ Show me ... - Do not, by virtue of thy mere sovereignty, treat me as guilty, without showing me the reasons.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IS IT GOOD UNTO THEE THAT THOU SHOULDEST OPPRESS, THAT THOU SHOULDEST DESPISE THE WORK OF THINE HANDS, AND SHINE UPON THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED?_ Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of the hands? Job is unwilling to think God can have "pleasure" i... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARE THY DAYS AS THE DAYS OF MAN? ARE THY YEARS AS MAN'S DAYS,_ Hast thou eyes of flesh? ... Are thy days as the days of man? ... That thou inquirest after mine iniquity? Dost thou see as feebly as ? Man_1:-1 :e., with the same uncharitable eye, and mistaken judgment, as, for instance, Job's frien... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAST THOU EYES OF FLESH? OR SEEST THOU AS MAN SEETH?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU KNOWEST THAT I AM NOT WICKED; AND THERE IS NONE THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF THINE HAND._ Thou (the Omniscient) knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand; therefore thou hast no need to deal with me with the rapid violence which "man" would use, when afraid... [ Continue Reading ]
_THINE HANDS HAVE MADE ME AND FASHIONED ME TOGETHER ROUND ABOUT; YET THOU DOST DESTROY ME._ Thine hands have made me, and fashioned me. "Made" with pains and elaborate art, implying a work of difficulty and art [`itseeb], applying to God language applicable only to man (cf. Job 10:9). TOGETHER RO... [ Continue Reading ]
_REMEMBER, I BESEECH THEE, THAT THOU HAST MADE ME AS THE CLAY; AND WILT THOU BRING ME INTO DUST AGAIN?_ Clay. Next verse proves that the reference here is, not so much to the perishable nature of the materials, as to their wonderful fashioning by the Divine Potter (Isaiah 64:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAST THOU NOT POURED ME OUT AS MILK, AND CURDLED ME LIKE CHEESE?_ Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? In the organization of the body, from its rude commencements in the embryo, the liquid original gradually assumes a more solid consistency, like milk curdling into che... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST CLOTHED ME WITH SKIN AND FLESH, AND HAST FENCED ME WITH BONES AND SINEWS._ Fenced - or 'inlaced,' 'woven together' х_ COKªKEENIY_ (H5526)] (Umbreit). In the fetus the skin appears first, then the flesh, then the harder parts.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST GRANTED ME LIFE AND FAVOUR, AND THY VISITATION HATH PRESERVED MY SPIRIT._ Visitation - thy watchful Providence. SPIRIT - breath.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE THINGS HAST THOU HID IN THINE HEART: I KNOW THAT THIS IS WITH THEE._ _ AND THESE THINGS HAST THOU HID IN THINE HEART: I KNOW THAT THIS IS WITH THEE._ These things hast thou hid in thine heart; I know that this is with thee - was thy purpose. All God's dealings with Job in his creation, p... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF I SIN, THEN THOU MARKEST ME, AND THOU WILT NOT ACQUIT ME FROM MINE INIQUITY._ If I sin, then thou markest me. Job is perplexed because God "marks" every sin of his with such ceaseless rigour. IF I SIN ... IF I BE WICKED. The former word "sin" х_ CHAATAA'_ (H2398)] means a slip through imprude... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR IT INCREASETH. THOU HUNTEST ME AS A FIERCE LION: AND AGAIN THOU SHEWEST THYSELF MARVELLOUS UPON ME._ For it increaseth, х_ YIG'EH_ (H1342)] - literally, (my affliction, Job 10:15) groweth up, as in Job 8:11. I prefer this to the translation, (if) I lift up (my head) thou wouldest hunt me, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME, AND INCREASEST THINE INDIGNATION UPON ME; CHANGES AND WAR ARE AGAINST ME._ Thou renewest thy witnesses against me. His accumulated trials were like a succession of witnesses brought up in proof of his guilt, to wear out the accused. Compare Malachi 3:5, "I w... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE THEN HAST THOU BROUGHT ME FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB? OH THAT I HAD GIVEN UP THE GHOST, AND NO EYE HAD SEEN ME!_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARE NOT MY DAYS FEW? CEASE THEN, AND LET ME ALONE, THAT I MAY TAKE COMFORT A LITTLE,_ Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little. But, since I was destined from my birth to these ills, at least give me a little breathing time during the few days left me (Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEFORE I GO WHENCE I SHALL NOT RETURN, EVEN TO THE LAND OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A LAND OF DARKNESS, AS DARKNESS ITSELF; AND OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, WITHOUT ANY ORDER, AND WHERE THE LIGHT IS AS DARKNESS._ A land of darkness, as darkness itself. The ideas of order and light, disorder and darkness, harmonize (Genesis 1:2). Three Hebrew words are used for darkness in Job 10:21:... [ Continue Reading ]