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Verse Job 10:14. _IF I SIN_] From thee nothing can be hidden; if I
sin, thou takest account of the transgression, and canst not hold me
for innocent when thou knowest I am guilty....
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IF I SIN - The object of this verse and the following is, evidently,
to say that he was wholly perplexed. He did not know how to act. He
could not understand the reason of the divine dealings, and he...
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CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD
_ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_
2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11)
3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22)
4. Confession of we...
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Job's tone becomes sharper. He accuses God of having created him only
to torment him. What profit is there to God in destroying the work
that has cost Him so much pains? (Job 10:3)? Is God short-sight...
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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44....
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The contradiction between this dealing with Job in the womb and since
his birth and God's present treatment of him is only to be reconciled
by the supposition that God's present severe treatment of Jo...
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_If I sin, then thou markest_ Rather, IF I SINNED THEN THOU WOULDST
MARK. Similarly, WOULDST NOT ACQUIT. "To sin" here appears to mean, to
be guilty of trivial sins (ch. Job 7:20; Job 13:26); if he si...
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5. HE WOULD ASK THE ALMIGHTY THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN HIS
TREATMENT OF HIS CREATURE. (JOB 10:1-22)
TEXT 10:1-22
10 My soul is weary of my life;
I will give free coarse to my complaint;
I will s...
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_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...
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-7. Job seeks the reason of his trial, and protests against God's
treatment as inconsistent with the natural relations between Creator
and created, and with God's kno...
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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 10
JOB PRAYS TO GOD
JOB PR...
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Job suggested a more complex explanation. Perhaps God had a secret
plan. Perhaps God wanted to prove that all people were evil. So God
made Job. God watched Job’s actions. Job was much better than oth...
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IF I SIN... — “If I had sinned Thou wouldst have marked me for
punishment, and from mine iniquity Thou wouldst not acquit me. If I
had been guilty, woe unto me 1 and if righteous, I must not lift up m...
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אִם ־חָטָ֥אתִי וּ שְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝
מֵ עֲוֹנ
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X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1
Job SPEAKS
IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to
appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes;
it...
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SOUL BITTERNESS
Job 10:1
In this chapter Job accuses God of persecuting His own workmanship,
Job 20:3; of pursuing him with repeated strokes, as if he had not time
enough to wait between them, but mu...
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Notwithstanding all this, Job appealed to God. Turning from his answer
to Bildad, he poured out his agony as in the presence of the Most
High. It was by no means a hopeful appeal, but it was an appeal...
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(14) В¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me
from mine iniquity. (15) If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion;...
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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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IF I SIN, THEN THOU MARKEST ME,.... Or "observest me" t; that is, he
took notice of his sins, strictly inquired into them and all the
circumstances of them, watched the motions and progress of them, a...
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If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine
iniquity.
Ver. 14. _If I sin, then thou markest me_] Though through human
frailty only I offend (_et nimis dedignatur mortalitate...
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_If I sin_ If I commit the least sin; _then thou markest me_ Thou dost
not connive at, or pass by my sins, but dost severely and diligently
observe them all, that thou mayest punish me. _And thou wilt...
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JOB RENEWS HIS COMPLAINT OF HIS AFFLICTION...
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If I sin, then Thou markest me, that is, If Job should sin, God had
intended to watch very carefully and immediately charge it against
him, AND THOU WILT NOT ACQUIT ME FROM MINE INIQUITY; He carefully...
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AN ATTEMPT TO REASON WITH GOD
(vv.1-22)
Since there was no mediator, Job in this chapter (from verse 2 on)
directs all of his words directly to God, reasoning with Him as
regards why God should deal...
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"God was watching him ready to chalk up every offense" _(Bible
Knowledge Comm. p. 732)._ Job feels that as God has been. watchful
protector, now He has become. watchful accuser....
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14-22 Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings;
but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar
rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much...
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If I commit the least sin, (as who is there that liveth, and sinneth
not?) thou dost not wink at or pass by my sins, as thou usually dost
other men s, but dost severely and diligently observe them all...
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Job 10:14 sin H2398 (H8804) mark H8104 (H8804) acquit H5352 (H8762)
iniquity H5771
then -...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Sometimes, when in affliction, the believer is tempted to
think that God's providences and His justice cannot be...
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Job 10:1. _I will leave my complaint upon myself._ These words seem to
imply, that he would bear his complaint in silence; but it immediately
follows, _I will speak in the bitterness of my soul._ Oste...
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_Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit._
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AND APPEAL TO GOD
Job addresses God as his Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor; he seems
to ask, why, knowing his frailty, He laid upon him...
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_Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress?_
JOB’S MISTAKEN VIEWS OF HIS SUFFERINGS
I. As inconsistent with all his ideas of his Maker.
1. As inconsistent with His goodness. “Is it good unto...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD—CONTINUED_
His speech takes the form rather of an expostulation with God in
regard to his afflictions. The vehemence of his spirit reaches its
height in this chapter. Does not...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 10:1
Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his
soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God.
There is not much that is novel in the lon...
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Now Job goes on in the tenth chapter. He said,
My soul is weary of my life (Job 10:1);
He goes right back into his misery. He looks for the answer, but it
isn't there; it isn't to be found. And so I...
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Exodus 34:7; Job 13:26; Job 13:27; Job 14:16; Job 7:21;...
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Markest — If I am a wicked man, I cannot hide it from thee; and thou
wilt punish me for it....