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THE BLESSING OF HIM THAT WAS READY TO PERISH ... - Of the man who was
falsely accused, and who was in danger of being condemned, or of him
who was exposed to death by poverty and want.
AND I CAUSED TH...
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CHAPTER 29
_ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_
2. The good works he did (Job 29:11)
Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that
his mind was moving in another ch...
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JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS.
Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under
God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
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The ground of this universal reverence Job's benevolent care of the
poor and his strict justice to their cause....
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DISCOURSE: 479
JOB’S CHARACTER
Job 29:11. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and hi...
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b. The cause of his honored position was benevolence and righteousness
(Job 29:11-17)
TEXT 29:11-17
11 FOR WHEN THE EAR HEARD _ME,_ THEN IT BLESSED ME;
And when the eye saw _me,_ it gave witness un...
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_BECAUSE I DELIVERED THE POOR THAT CRIED, AND THE FATHERLESS, AND HIM
THAT HAD NONE TO HELP HIM._
The grounds on which Job was praised (Job 29:11) - his helping the
afflicted (Psalms 72:12), who cried...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS
Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity
and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a
great and worthy chieftain...
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Job did many good things. He even helped people whom nobody else would
help. And Job wanted to do good deeds every day (verse 14). Job did
these things because he was a servant of God (Job 1:8). So Jo...
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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 29
JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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בִּרְכַּ֣ת אֹ֭בֵד עָלַ֣י תָּבֹ֑א וְ
לֵ֖ב אַלְ
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST
Job 29:1
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which
has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of
this chapter! T...
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Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a
solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to
prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he
f...
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(k) The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
(k) That is, I helped him who was in distress, and so he had cause to
praise me....
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(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city,
when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
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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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THE BLESSING OF HIM THAT WAS READY TO PERISH CAME UPON ME,.... That
were ready to perish through the oppression of others, or through want
of the necessaries of life, or through false charges brought,...
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Ver. 13. _The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me_]
Such poor creatures as...
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_The blessing of him that was ready to perish_ Who was in danger of
losing his life or estate, by the malice and tyranny of wicked men;
_came upon me_ Both he, and others for his sake, blessed me, and...
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JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, the
forsaken and miserable ones blessed him with grateful wishes for the
help he gave them; AND I CAUSED THE WIDOW'S HEART TO SING FOR JOY, b...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS
In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been
his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt
spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
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7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the
dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence,
integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with
such g...
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THE BLESSING, wherewith both he and others for his sake blessed me,
and begged that God would bless me. TO PERISH; to lose his life or
estate by the malice and tyranny of wicked men. THE WIDOW'S HEART...
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Job 29:13 blessing H1293 perishing H6 (H8802) came H935 (H8799) widows
H490 heart H3820 joy H7442 ...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles
of the world, although virtu...
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Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the
light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal
prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
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_The blessing of him that was ready to perish._
THE BLESSEDNESS OF DOING GOOD
I. Job had the blessing of those ready to perish.
1. A man may be ready to perish through adverse circumstances.
2. Or...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with
Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the
course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that
would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:11 The BLESSING that Job received from others
reflected the blessing he had been to those who had no one to HELP
them and who needed to be DELIVERED....
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_JOB’S RETROSPECT_
Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus
disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows
that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 29:1
From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the
contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite
knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
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Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1)
He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just
keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all
of his afflictions. Lookin...