_I made. Job is compelled to proclaim his own praises, for his vindication, as St. Paul was, being at the same time convinced that he had only done his duty, Luke xvii. 10. This is the third part of his discourse. Having given a picture of his prosperous and of his miserable condition, he observes t... [ Continue Reading ]
_High, if I should give way to such unchaste thoughts. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Aversion of God. Hebrew "strange punishment. " (Protestants) Incontinence is a source of much mischief, and of the most dreadful punishments, as the deluge and fate of Sodom evince. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Vanity, or hypocrisy, (Calmet) so as to overreach others. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Simplicity, and "uprightness." Tummathi. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eyes. Sixtus V read, "If my eye hath followed my heart." (Calmet) --- Job kept the utmost restraint both upon his eyes and heart, that no evil impressions from exterior objects might cause his ruin, Numbers xv. 39. (Haydock) --- Hands, from presents, (Calmet) or injustice, particularly that of impu... [ Continue Reading ]
_Door, to seduce his wife. (Calmet) (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let. Hebrew, "Let my wife grind for another, and let others bend over her," urging her to work like the meanest slave. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "Let my wife please (Grabe substitutes Greek: l of Greek: r, and reads Greek: alesai, grind for) another, and my little children be brought low." (Haydock)... [ Continue Reading ]
_This adultery, to which I might have given way, and that of others with my wife, (Haydock) which would have been a requital, of which I could not indeed have complained, (Menochius) but which is nevertheless a most heinous offence. (Haydock) --- Iniquity. Hebrew, "a crime of judgment," or capital,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Spring; the children, Ecclesiasticus xxiii. 35., and Wisdom iv. 3. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "all mine increase." (Haydock) --- Adulteresses were formerly consigned to the flames. The injured husband would resent the offence, and even dislike her former children. Love is also like a fire, and those... [ Continue Reading ]
_Me, in private; as slaves had no redress in the common courts of judicature. We cannot but admire Job's humility, and noble sentiments of God, (Calmet) whose majesty will eclipse all human grandeur, and place the master and the servant on the same level. (St. Gregory; St. Augustine, City of God x.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wait, and not give sentence in due time, (Haydock) but frustrated her expectation. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Alone. This was objected to St. Chrysostom. (Calmet) --- But his conduct proceeded not from pride or avarice. (Haydock) --- The ancient patriarchs delighted much in the exercise of hospitality; and Tobias (iv. 17.) exhorts his son to invite the poor. C\'9cna, or "supper," received its name from man... [ Continue Reading ]
_Womb. I was of a compassionate disposition, with which I always corresponded. (St. Gregory) --- Hebrew, "from my youth, pity ( ceab, which Protestants translate "as with a father." Haydock) grew up with me; and from my birth I have preserved it!" (Calmet) --- Protestants, "From my youth he was brou... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessed me for clothing. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gate, in judgment, (Calmet) where I was the supreme judge, (Haydock) and none could resist me._... [ Continue Reading ]
_With. Hebrew, "from its bone," at the elbow. (Septuagint) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bear. I knew that he would resent the injury, though I might, for a time, oppress the weak._... [ Continue Reading ]
Fine _obrizo. Hebrew cethem, chap. xxviii. 15. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoiced. Hebrew and Chaldean, "been seduced" to idolatry. (Menochius) --- The worship of the sun and moon was most ancient, Ezechiel viii. 16. --- Mouth, to testify respect and admiration. This custom prevailed in many nations. Lucian (dial. de sacrif.) observes that this only sacrifice of the poor... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rejoiced. Hebrew, "lifted up myself." Septuagint, "said in my heart, well, well;" euge. (Haydock) --- These sentiments of perfection shew that the same Spirit animated those who lived under the law of nature, as well as those who were favoured with the Mosaic or Christian dispensation. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_For. Septuagint, "Then let mine ear hear my curse, and may I fall a prey to the whispers of my people."_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXXI. Filled. If my servants have not testified sufficient affection for me, (Haydock) because I kept them under restraint, and obliged them to wait on my guests, (Menochius; St. Gregory) I still would not omit that duty; (ver. 32.; Haydock) or if they gave way to the greatest excesses of r... [ Continue Reading ]
A man. Hebrew, "Adam," who, to excuse himself, threw the blame upon Eve, Genesis iii. 12. (Calmet) --- His posterity have too frequently imitated his example. The name of Adam often designates any man. (Haydock) --- It was requisite that Job should assert his sincerity, that his friends might not su... [ Continue Reading ]
_Have not. Hebrew, "that I kept silence, not going out of doors" to defend the innocent. (Haydock) --- Moses commands judges to do their duty without fear, Exodus xxiii. 2. People in such situations ought to be uninfluenced by hatred, love, &c. Cæsar says, justly, (in Sallust) " qui de rebus dubiis... [ Continue Reading ]
_He himself. Hebrew, "my adversary would write a book." His very accusation would establish my cause, provided he adhered to the truth. (Calmet) --- I would carry it about as a trophy. (Haydock) --- A book. The judge wrote down the sentence. Job appeals to God, and fears not being condemned._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Crown. This shews that something pliable was then used to write on. The people of the East still lift up to their heads such letters as they respect. (Chardin Perse, p. 218.) See 4 Kings xi. 12. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_To a. Hebrew, "as a prince would I approach to him," and not fear my adversary. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mourn, as if I possessed the land unjustly, or had committed some crime._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Money. Or paying for them. (Menochius) --- And have. Protestants, "or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thorns. Protestants, "cockle." Marginal note, "loathsome weeds." (Haydock) --- The precise import of the word is not known; but it means something "stinking." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, Batos, "a briar." (Haydock) --- Ended. Many Latin editions omit these words with St. Gregory, &c. The old Vulgate h... [ Continue Reading ]