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Verse Job 17:9. _THE RIGHTEOUS ALSO SHALL HOLD ON HIS WAY_] There
shall be no doubt concerning the dispensations of the Divine
providence. My case shall illustrate all seemingly intricate displays
of...
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THE RIGHTEOUS ALSO SHALL HOLD ON HIS WAY - The meaning of this verse
is plain; but the connection is not so apparent. It seems to me that
it refers to “Job himself,” and is a declaration that “he,” a...
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CHAPTER S 16-17 JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ
_ 1. Miserable comforters are ye all (Job 16:1)_
2. Oh God! Thou hast done it! (Job 16:6)
3. Yet I look to Thee (Job 16:15)
4. Trouble upon trouble; self-pit...
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JOB 16:22 TO JOB 17:16. Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine
vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must
now die.
JOB 17:2 is obscure; the general sense seems to be...
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_The righteous also shall hold on_ Or, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL HOLD
ON. The righteous will not allow themselves to be misled from the path
of rectitude by these moral wrongs which they see prevail in...
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Effect produced on religious minds by the sight of such sufferings
inflicted on the godly. Such moral perversions in the rule of the
world "confound" religious men, and rouse their moral indignation
a...
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These verses support the petition in Job 17:3. If God will not
undertake for Job none else will, for the hearts of his friends have
been blinded. This thought of the perverse obstinacy and cruelty of...
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New appeal to God that He would undertake for Job or give him a pledge
that he would cause his innocence to be acknowledged by God, Job 17:3;
with the grounds for this prayer as before, Job 17:4....
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Job 16:18 to Job 17:9. Job, dying a martyr's death, beseeches God that
He would uphold his right with God and against men, and give him a
pledge that He will make his innocence appear
In Job 16:12 Jo...
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DISCOURSE: 468
DARK DISPENSATIONS OVERRULED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAINTS
Job 17:9. _The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath
clean hands shall be stronger and stronger_.
AMON...
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4. Yet his condition is such that his hope will soon go with him to
the grave. (Job 17:1-16)
TEXT 17:1-16
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct,
The grave is _ready_ for me.
2 Surely there are...
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JOB'S FOURTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the
future, for his friends have failed him, and he rejects their promises
of restoration in the pre...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 17
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
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Job’s situation impressed other people powerfully. Good people
admired Job’s attitudes. Job’s troubles did not frighten them.
Instead, their determination to do the right things increased.
Paul had a...
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וְ יֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּֽ
טֳהָר ־יָ֝
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XIV.
"MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN"
Job 16:1; Job 17:1
Job SPEAKS
IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the
doom of insolent evildoers described again and again in varying term...
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“THE BARS OF SHEOL”
Job 17:1
Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1
He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if only he were
delivered from their mockery; and asks that God would...
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Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of
whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was
no "wise man." And yet he struggled through the unutterable...
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The righteous also shall hold on his (k) way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
(k) That is, will not be discouraged, considering that the godly are
punished as well as the...
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(4) For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt
thou not exalt them. (5) He that speaketh flattery to his friends,
even the eyes of his children shall fail. (6) He hath made me a...
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_‘STILL THERE’S MORE TO FOLLOW’_
‘The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.’
Job 17:9
We must believe it to be true of angels as well as...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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THE RIGHTEOUS ALSO SHALL HOLD ON HIS WAY,.... He that is righteous,
not in appearance but really, not in a legal but in an evangelic
sense; who is justified by the righteousness of Job's living Redeem...
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
Ver. 9. _The righteous also shall hold on his way_] Stumble he may
for a time at his own calamit...
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_The righteous shall hold on his way_ Shall persevere in that good way
upon which he hath entered, and not be turned from it by any
afflictions which may befall himself, or any other good men; nor by...
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, that is, in spite of such
happenings the truly pious person will cling to his righteousness, AND
HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS SHALL BE STRONGER AND STRONGER, incr...
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JOB COMPLAINS OF HIS WEAKNESS...
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Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at
the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in
contrast to what he had once enjoyed. "My spirit is broken, my days...
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SHALL BE STRONGER:
_ Heb._ shall add strength...
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Job, in spite of the accusations of his friends and mistreatment of
the people, is now more determined than ever to hold fast to his
innocence. Here is. man who has lost everything yet still feels
det...
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1-9 Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon
him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our
time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of...
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SHALL HOLD ON HIS WAY, i.e. shall persist in that good way into which
he hath entered, and not be turned from it by any afflictions which
may befall himself or any other good men, nor by any contempt...
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Job 17:9 righteous H6662 hold H270 (H8799) way H1870 clean H2890 hands
H3027 be H3254 (H8686) stronger...
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Job 17:9
These words assure us of two things which our minds need a security of
our continuance and of our growth.
I. Who are the righteous? (1) A righteous man is a true man; (2) a
righteous man is...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He longs for death.
CHARACTERS: Job.
CONCLUSION: The believer should recognize that wherever he goes there
is but a step between him and the grave and should always...
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Job 17:1. _My breath is corrupt._ Schultens reads, _corruptus est
spiritus meus:_ “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the
sepulchre is my repose. Why then make a jest of me, while my eye weeps...
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_The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger._
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
It may seem a work of supererogation to say anything upon such a
subj...
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_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_
I. Bemoans his dying condition (Job 17:1).
“My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is
destroyed’), my days are extinct (or, extinguished, as a l...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 17:1
The general character of this chapter has been considered in the
introductory section to Job 16:1. It is occupied mainly with Job's
complaints of his treatment by his friends, and...
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My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their
provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who...
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1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...