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Verse Job 19:27. _WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF_] Have a personal
interest in the _resurrection_, as I shall have in the _Redeemer_.
_AND MINE EYES SHALL BEHOLD_] That very person who shall be the
_res...
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WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF - It will not come to be by mere report. I
shall not merely hear of the decision of God in my favor, but I shall
myself behold him. He will at length come forth, and I shal...
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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 ...
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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,...
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ANOTHER. a stranger.. pause must be made between Job 19:27 and Job
19:28....
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_Whom I shall see for myself_ These words might mean merely, whom I
myself shall see; or, _for myself_may mean, favourable to me, on my
side and to my joy.
_and not another_ i. e. I and not another (s...
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Job turns to the future. He desires that his protestation of innocence
could find indelible record in the rock, that it might stand a
perpetual witness to all generations. But he shall have something...
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DISCOURSE: 469
CHRIST A LIVING REDEEMER
Job 19:25. _I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at
the latter day upon the earth; and though after my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in...
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FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH, &C.— We are now come to the
celebrated text which has so much divided interpreters, and which has
been generally thought to express Job's strong faith in a future
r...
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5. And asserts his hope of a vindicator (_go-'el)_ (Job 19:23-27)
TEXT 19:23-27
23 OH THAT MY WORDS WERE NOW WRITTEN!
Oh that they were Inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron pen and lead
They...
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_WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND MINE EYES SHALL BEHOLD, AND NOT
ANOTHER; THOUGH MY REINS BE CONSUMED WITHIN ME._
For myself - for my advantage, as my friend, vindicating my innocence
and delivering...
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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...
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FOR MYSELF] RM 'on my side.' NOT ANOTHER] or, 'not as another,' i.e.
no longer estranged.
27B. RV 'my reins are consumed within me.' He faints with emotion at
the thought of this vindication....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 19
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...
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These verses may be the most important verses in the Book of Job.
Elsewhere Job explained his troubles, fears and doubts. But in these
verses, Job explained the reasons why he still had hope.
Elsewhe...
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MY REINS BE CONSUMED WITHIN ME. — _i.e.,_ with longing to see Him;
literally, _my reins are consumed in my bosom._ The words “in my
flesh” may mean _from my flesh,_ or, w_ithout my flesh._ Taken in
th...
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אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה ־לִּ֗י וְ
עֵינַ֣י ר
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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Myself. Hebrew, "for myself," and for my comfort; not like the
reprobate, who shall see their judge to their eternal confusion. Job
insists so much on this point, that he shews he in not speaking mere...
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(25) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at
the latter day upon the earth: (26) And though after my skin worms
destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: (27) Whom I s...
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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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WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF,.... For his pleasure and profit, to his
great advantage and happiness, and to his inexpressible joy and
satisfaction, see Psalms 17:15;
AND MINE EYES SHALL BEHOLD, AND NO...
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Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
Ver. 27. _Whom I shall see for myself_] He speaketh confidently, as
one fully assure...
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_Whom I shall see_ In the manner before and after expressed. No wonder
that he repeats it again, because the meditation of it was most sweet
to him; _for myself_ For my own benefit and comfort, as the...
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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...
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ANOTHER:
_ Heb._ a stranger
WITHIN ME:
_ Heb._ in my bosom...
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Job clearly expects to see God after death. And he would see God and
not someone else. "He himself would see God, face to face, and he
would not be. stranger or enemy to God, as he was then" _(Zuck p....
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23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully
wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession;
declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope.
He...
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WHOM I SHALL SEE, in manner before and after expressed. No wonder that
he repeats it again, because the meditation of it was most sweet to
him. FOR MYSELF, i.e. for my own comfort and benefit, as that...
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Job 19:27 see H2372 (H8799) eyes H5869 behold H7200 (H8804) another
H2114 (H8801) heart H3629 yearns...
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Job 19:25
I. Consider what were Job's supporting convictions. (1) Nothing could
be more decisive in tone or positive in assertion than the words, "I
know." It is a bold challenge made by a suffering m...
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Job 19:26
The happiness of heaven is the seeing God; and because our Lord and
Saviour is God incarnate, therefore to see Christ was to faithful men
a kind of heaven upon earth; and losing sight of Hi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_For I know that my Redeemer liveth._
OF THE RESURRECTION (ON EASTER DAY)
This text is a prophecy and prediction of our Saviour Christ’s
glorious resurrection. A sacred truth, requiring not only the...
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_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...
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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...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:25 FOR. Job states why he wants his words
recorded (see vv. Job 19:23): I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES. The
Hebrew word fo
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 26:19; Numbers 24:17; Philippians 1:23; Psalms 119:81...
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JOB'S VICTORIOUS FAITH
Job 19:23
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
All of the heroes of the faith have not lived in our day. To tell the
truth, we fear that the heroic faith which marked the ancients is
waning. E...
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See — No wonder he repeats it again, because the meditation of it
was most sweet to him. For — For my own benefit and comfort. Another
— For me or in my stead. I shall not see God by another's eyes, b...