JOB 25-27. offer a difficult critical problem. The phenomena which
excite attention are these: (_a_) Bildad's speech is unusually short;
(_b_) Job's reply contains a section (Job 26:5) very like Bildad's
speech; (_c_) Zophar fails to speak; (_d_) ch. 27 has a title
prefixed, which has no real parall... [ Continue Reading ]
Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a
gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers,
Job 27:3) tells the truth (Job 27:4). God forbid that he should
justify the friends (Job 27:5), _i.e._ declare them in the right; on
the contrary he will maintain... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job
has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy
be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 translate
as _mg._
Job 27:11 is quite in the vein of Zophar, who feels very much in the
secrets of Go... [ Continue Reading ]