-
Verse Job 19:14. _MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED_] Literally, _departed_:
they have all left my house, now there is no more hope of _gain_....
-
MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED - My neighbors (קרובי _qârôbāy_),
those who were near to me. It may refer to “nearness” of affinity,
friendship, or residence. The essential idea is that of “nearness”
- whe...
-
CHAPTER 19 JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD
_ 1. How long will ye vex my soul? (Job 19:1)_
2. And I am not heard! (Job 19:7)
3. Forsaken of men he pleads to be pitied (Job 19:13)
4. Faith supreme ...
-
JOB 19. JOB'S ANSWER. Here the gradual progress of Job's soul towards
faith reaches its climax (Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that
Job's problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side,...
-
Note the Alternation in Job 19:13....
-
First, his relations outside his own immediate circle and his
acquaintances stood aloof from him....
-
The estrangement and abhorrence of men.
Job's complaint now is even more touching than before: God not only
afflicted him with trouble but removed far from him all human
sympathy. And there is someth...
-
MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED— _Have departed._ Houbigant. He means to
say, that his friends had quite deserted him; had ceased from their
office, according to the immediate meaning of the Hebrew word חדלו...
-
3. And despised by all people, including his kindred (Job 19:13-19)
TEXT 19:13-19
13 HE HATH PUT MY BRETHREN FAR FROM ME,
And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have fa...
-
_MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED, AND MY FAMILIAR FRIENDS HAVE FORGOTTEN ME._
Failed - `cease' to come to me....
-
JOB'S FIFTH SPEECH
In this speech Job repeats his bitter complaints of God's injustice,
and man's contemptuous abandonment of one formerly so loved and
honoured. He appeals in broken utterances to his...
-
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 19
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...
-
Other people are often not loyal when someone suffers. Job’s family
left him alone. Job’s servant did not answer Job. Even Job’s wife
advised Job to insult God. She thought that it would be better for...
-
חָדְל֥וּ קְרֹובָ֑י וּֽ מְיֻדָּעַ֥י
שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃...
-
XVI.
"MY REDEEMER LIVETH"
Job 19:1
Job SPEAKS
WITH simple strong art sustained by exuberant eloquence the author has
now thrown his hero upon our sympathies, blending a strain of
expectancy with te...
-
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH”
Job 19:1
In Job's melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation
and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him
with disdain; his...
-
To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a
complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that
if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, le...
-
(8) В¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths. (9) He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken
the crown from my head. (10) He hath destroyed me on every side...
-
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...
-
MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED,.... Or "ceased" a, not to be, or that they
were dead, which is sometimes the sense of the word; but they ceased
from visiting him, or doing any good office for him; those that...
-
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Ver. 14. _My kinsfolk have failed_] scil. In courtesy, as Ruth's
kinsman did. Job had many kinsfolk, but few friends; and this was...
-
_My kinsfolk_ Whom nature inclined to love and befriend me; _have
failed_ To perform the offices of humanity which they owed me: _and my
familiar friends_ To whom I was united by a stronger bond than...
-
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD
(vv.1-6).
Though Job did not lose his temper at the unjust accusations of
Bildad, he shows here that the reproaches of his friends have struck
deeply into his soul. "How long w...
-
8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but
the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do
not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall...
-
MY KINSFOLK HAVE FAILED, to wit, to perform the offices of humanity
and friendship which they owe to me. HAVE FORGOTTEN ME, i.e. neglect
and disregard me as much as if they had quite forgotten me....
-
Job 19:14 relatives H7138 failed H2308 (H8804) friends H3045 (H8794)
forgotten H7911 (H8804)
kinsfolk -...
-
Job 19:1. _Then, Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul,
and break me in pieces with words?_
They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking
stones on the roadside. We...
-
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His sublime faith.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: We may easily bear the unjust reproaches of men if we live
in expectation of the glorious appearance o...
-
Job 19:3. _These ten times have ye reproached me._ A form of speech
which puts a certain number for one less certain. Job had no doubt
noticed about ten principal arguments levelled against him.
Job 1...
-
_My kinsfolk have failed._
FICKLENESS OF FRIENDS
What is sweeter than a well-tuned lute, and what is more delightful
than a faithful friend, who can cheer us in sorrow with wise and
affectionate disc...
-
_Then Job answered and said._
COMPLAINTS AND CONFIDENCES
I. Job bitterly complaining.
1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their
want of sympathy.
(1) They exasperated him...
-
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:1 Job responds, asking his friends how long they
will persist in accusing him and why they feel no shame for doing so.
Even if he has done wrong, it is God who has brought about his...
-
NOTES
Job 19:23. “_O that my words were now written!_” The “words”
understood as either—
(1) _Those now to be uttered_. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c.
As an everlasting monument of his faith...
-
EXPOSITION
JOB 19:1
Job begins his answer to Bildad's second speech by an expostulation
against the unkindness of his friends, who break him in pieces, and
torture him, with their reproaches (verses...
-
Then Job answered and said, How long will you vex my soul, and break
me in pieces with your words? These ten times you have reproached me:
and you're not ashamed that you made yourself like a stranger...
-
2 Samuel 16:23; Jeremiah 20:10; John 13:18; Micah 7:5; Micah 7:6;...
-
CALVARY FOREGLEAMS IN JOB
Job 19:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The story of Calvary is the story of the whole Bible. The Cross is
not a message relegated to the Four Gospels and brought out therein
merely...