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Verse Job 10:17. _THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES_] In this speech of Job
he is ever referring to _trials in courts of judicature_, and almost
all his terms are _forensic_. Thou bringest witnesses in cont...
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THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME - Margin, “that is,
plagues.” The Hebrew is, “thy witnesses” - עדיך
_‛__ēdeykā_. So the Vulgate. The Septuagint is, “renewing
against me my examination,” τὴν...
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CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD
_ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_
2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11)
3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22)
4. Confession of we...
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Job's tone becomes sharper. He accuses God of having created him only
to torment him. What profit is there to God in destroying the work
that has cost Him so much pains? (Job 10:3)? Is God short-sight...
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CHANGES AND WAR. successions, yea hostile successions. Figure of
speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). one thing: i.e.. constant succession....
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_thou renewest_ WOULDST RENEW. Similarly, AND INCREASE. All the verbs
in these verses (Job 10:14) are to be translated from the point of
view of God's intention cherished beforehand with regard to Job...
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The contradiction between this dealing with Job in the womb and since
his birth and God's present treatment of him is only to be reconciled
by the supposition that God's present severe treatment of Jo...
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THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESS— _Accusations._ Heath. Literally, says he,
thy _evidences;_ but, being a judicial term, it signifies
_indictments, charges:_ the phrase is somewhat analogous to the term
in t...
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5. HE WOULD ASK THE ALMIGHTY THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN HIS
TREATMENT OF HIS CREATURE. (JOB 10:1-22)
TEXT 10:1-22
10 My soul is weary of my life;
I will give free coarse to my complaint;
I will s...
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_THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME, AND INCREASEST THINE
INDIGNATION UPON ME; CHANGES AND WAR ARE AGAINST ME._
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me. His accumulated trials were
like a successi...
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-7. Job seeks the reason of his trial, and protests against God's
treatment as inconsistent with the natural relations between Creator
and created, and with God's kno...
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THY WITNESSES] Job's afflictions, which seem to witness to his guilt.
CHANGES AND WAR, etc.] RM 'Host after host is against me.'
18-22. Job begs for a little respite before his death: cp. Psalms
39:1...
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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 10
JOB PRAYS TO GOD
JOB PR...
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Job’s troubles seemed constantly to increase. And Job thought that
God caused those troubles.
JOB WANTS TO DIE
V18 God, I do not know why you permitted my birth. I wish that I
never lived. V19 I wi...
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THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME. — Some understand this of
the sores on Job’s person, which his friends regarded as witnesses
— proofs of his guilt; but it seems more probable that the figure i...
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תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְ
תֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ...
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X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1
Job SPEAKS
IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to
appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes;
it...
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SOUL BITTERNESS
Job 10:1
In this chapter Job accuses God of persecuting His own workmanship,
Job 20:3; of pursuing him with repeated strokes, as if he had not time
enough to wait between them, but mu...
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Notwithstanding all this, Job appealed to God. Turning from his answer
to Bildad, he poured out his agony as in the presence of the Most
High. It was by no means a hopeful appeal, but it was an appeal...
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Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; (r) changes and war [are] against me.
(r) That is, diversity of diseases and in great abundance; showing
that God has...
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_Witnesses, afflictions; (Menochius) "wounds." (Pagnin) (Tirinus)_...
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(14) В¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me
from mine iniquity. (15) If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion;...
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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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THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME,.... Not the devils, as some,
nor Job's friends, as others; but rather afflictions, which were daily
renewed, and frequently repeated, new troubles coming contin...
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Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
Ver. 17. _Thou renewest thy witnesses against me_] These fresh
witnesses were devil...
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_Thou renewest thy witnesses_ Thy judgments, which are the evidences
both of my sins and of thy wrath; _and increasest thine indignation_
That is, my miseries, the effects of thine indignation. _Chang...
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Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, God would cause ever new
witnesses to appear against Job, AND INCREASEST THINE INDIGNATION UPON
ME, with an ever new amount of displeasure. CHANGES AND WAR ARE...
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JOB RENEWS HIS COMPLAINT OF HIS AFFLICTION...
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AN ATTEMPT TO REASON WITH GOD
(vv.1-22)
Since there was no mediator, Job in this chapter (from verse 2 on)
directs all of his words directly to God, reasoning with Him as
regards why God should deal...
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THY WITNESSES:
That is, thy plagues...
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"One by one, like hostile witnesses in. court of law, have afflictions
come against the man of Uz" _(Jackson p. 41). _...
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14-22 Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings;
but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar
rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much...
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THY WITNESSES, i.e. thy judgments, which are the witnesses and
evidences, both of my sins, and of thy wrath. _Thy indignation_, i.e.
my miseries, the effects of thine anger. These words are added to
e...
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Job 10:17 renew H2318 (H8762) witnesses H5707 increase H7235 (H8686)
indignation H3708 me H5978 Changes H2487 war...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Sometimes, when in affliction, the believer is tempted to
think that God's providences and His justice cannot be...
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Job 10:1. _I will leave my complaint upon myself._ These words seem to
imply, that he would bear his complaint in silence; but it immediately
follows, _I will speak in the bitterness of my soul._ Oste...
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_Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress?_
JOB’S MISTAKEN VIEWS OF HIS SUFFERINGS
I. As inconsistent with all his ideas of his Maker.
1. As inconsistent with His goodness. “Is it good unto...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 10:15 Even if he is in the RIGHT (v. Job 10:15; see
also Job 9:15,...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD—CONTINUED_
His speech takes the form rather of an expostulation with God in
regard to his afflictions. The vehemence of his spirit reaches its
height in this chapter. Does not...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 10:1
Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his
soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God.
There is not much that is novel in the lon...
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Now Job goes on in the tenth chapter. He said,
My soul is weary of my life (Job 10:1);
He goes right back into his misery. He looks for the answer, but it
isn't there; it isn't to be found. And so I...
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Jeremiah 48:11; Job 16:11; Job 16:8; Job 19:6; Psalms 55:19;...