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Verse Job 27:3. _ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME_] As Job appears to
allude to the _creation of Adam_, whom God made out of the dust of the
earth, _and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life_...
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AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRILS - As long as I live. The
“spirit of God” here means the breath that God breathed into man
when he created him, Genesis 2:7. It would seem probable that there
wa...
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CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION
_ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_
2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7)
Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
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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...
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BREATH. Hebrew. _n_. _shamah_, App-16.
SPIRIT. breath. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.
GOD Heb- Eloah App-4....
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_all the while_ The sense is rather as given above, according to the
parallel passage, 2 Samuel 1:9. The phrase "my life" in the first
clause is lit. _my breath_. The words are parenthetical, and are...
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Job with the solemnity of an oath by God declares that he speaks in
sincerity when affirming his innocence. Till he die he will not admit
his guilt; his conscience reproaches him for no part of his li...
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IV. THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF JOB (Job 27:1, Job 31:40)
A. THE AFFIRMATION OF INNOCENCE (Job 27:1-6)
TEXT 27:1-6
27 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE AND SAID,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken...
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_ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY
NOSTRILS;_
Implying Job's knowledge of the fact that the living soul was breathed
into man by God (Genesis 2:7).
ALL THE WHILE. But...
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27:3 +God (a-13) Spirit of _ Eloah_ . see Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Numbers
16:22 ; Numbers 27:16 ; Hebrews 12:9 ....
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JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-6. Job protests that he is innocent.
Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job
13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
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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 27
JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
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Job’s friends insisted that Job was suffering because of his evil
deeds. Job argued that this was not true. Job was a genuine servant of
God. Job loved God. And Job refused to do evil deeds....
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כִּֽי ־כָל ־עֹ֣וד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ
ר֖וּחַ
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XXII.
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS
Job 26:1; Job 27:1
Job SPEAKS
BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm.
"How hast thou helped one without power!
How hast thou saved the strengthless...
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THE JUSTICE OF GOD
Job 27:1
Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent,
Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job
27:1. He denies the charge of be...
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There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad.
The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar
was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply.
This...
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_Nostrils: while I live. (Haydock) --- Genesis ii. 7., and Ezechiel
xxxvii. 14. (Calmet)_...
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(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the
spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not speak...
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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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ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH [IS] IN ME,.... So long the oath of God would
be upon him, or he bound himself under it:
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD [IS] IN MY NOSTRILS; which signifies the same
thing. The breath...
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All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my
nostrils;
Ver. 3. _All the while my breath is in me_] _Periphrasis vitae, - Dum
spiritus hos regat artas,_ While I have an hour to...
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_Job continued his parable_ His grave and weighty discourse. _As God
liveth_ He confirms the truth of his expressions by an oath, because
he found them very backward to believe what he professed. _Who...
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all the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils, Job still possessed life and breath, he could still give a
valid testimony concerning his innocence:...
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JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
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HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
(vv.1-7)
In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was
very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has
already won the debat...
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD:
That is, the breath which God gave him...
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1-6 Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a
grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of
his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to h...
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MY BREATH; which is the constant companion and certain sign of life,
both coming in with it, GENESIS 2:7, and going out with it, 1 KINGS
17:17 PSALMS 144:4. Or, _my soul_, or _life_. _The spirit of Go...
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Job 27:3 long H5750 breath H5397 breath H7307 God H433 nostrils H639
the spirit of God - that is, the breath which God gave him, Genesis
2:7
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Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some
great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is
naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the
hypocrite should engage us to be upright.
KEY WORD: Hypocr...
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Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive
speech.
Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are
preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...
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_Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me._
MORAL COURAGE
It is the aim of all men to secure happiness. As to the course they
think best adapted to secure this they differ most widely, and...
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_Moreover Job continued his parable._
POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE
I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a
belief--
1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_
Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad,
and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing
to say. Job, therefo...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 27:1
This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the
first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in
maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
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Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away
my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my
breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...