Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 30:28
Without the sun — Heb. black, not by the sun. My very countenance became black, tho' not by the sun, but by the force of my disease.
Without the sun — Heb. black, not by the sun. My very countenance became black, tho' not by the sun, but by the force of my disease.
Verse Job 30:28. _I WENT MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN_] חמה _chammah_, which we here translate _the sun_, comes from a root of the same letters, which signifies to hide, protect, c., and may be translate...
I WENT MOURNING - Or rather, “I go,” in the present tense, for he is now referring to his present calamities, and not to what was past. The word rendered “mourning,” however (קדר _qâdar_), means here...
CHAPTER 30 _ 1. His present humiliation and shame (Job 30:1)_ 2. No answer from God: completely forsaken (Job 30:20) Job 30:1. He had spoken of his past greatness and now he describes his present mi...
JOB 30. JOB'S PRESENT MISERY. As the text stands at present, Job begins by complaining that the very abjects of society now despise him. Many scholars, however, detach Job 30:2 as a misplaced section...
CONGREGATION. assembly....
I WENT MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN— _I go mourning, as if the sun did not shine._ Houb....
c. The disappointment of all his hopes (Job 30:24-31) TEXT 30:24-31 24 HOWBEIT DOTH NOT ONE STRETCH OUT THE HAND IN HIS FALL: Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? 25 Did not I weep for him t...
_I WENT MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN: I STOOD UP, AND I CRIED IN THE CONGREGATION._ Mourning - rather, I move about blackened х_ QODEER_ (H6937)], though not by the sun - i:e., whereas many are blackened...
JOB'S PRESENT MISERY Job bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29. It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast and beggared. 1-8. Job complains that he is...
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 30 JOB MAKES A LIST OF HIS...
In verses 28 and 30, Job spoke about the terrible illness that affected his skin. Job had painful spots over his whole body (Job 2:7). In these verses, Job explained that his skin had become dark. And...
I WENT MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN. — Rather, _I go mourning without the sun;_ or, according to some, “blackened, but not by the sun.” We give the preference to the other. I STOOD UP, AND I CRIED IN THE...
קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּ לֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי...
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...
Immediately Job passed to the description of his present condition, which is all the more startling as it stands in contrast with what he had said concerning the past. He first described the base who...
I went mourning (s) without the sun: I stood up, (t) [and] I cried in the congregation. (s) Not delighting in any worldly thing, no not so much as in the use of the sun. (t) Lamenting them that were...
_Mourning. Hebrew, "blackened without the sun." (Haydock) --- Bile has disfigured my countenance, through excessive sorrow, ver. 30. The dark olive complexions of the Jews and Arabs would be more susc...
(19) He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (20) I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. (21) Thou art become cruel to me: with...
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...
I WENT MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN,.... So overwhelmed with grief, that he refused to have any comfort from, or any advantage by the sun; hence Mr. Broughton renders it, "out of the sun"; he did not choo...
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation. Ver. 28. _I went mourning without the sun_] _Ater ambulo, sed non ob solem; _ I am not sun burnt, but heart burnt; blac...
_My bowels boiled_ Namely, with the violence of my disorder; _and rested not_ Hebrew, ולא דמו, _velo damu_, and were not silent. _The days of affliction prevented me_ Came upon me suddenly and unexpec...
I went mourning without the sun, blackened, not by the heat of the sun, but as a consequence of his illness; I STOOD UP, AND I CRIED IN THE CONGREGATION, complaining aloud on account of the pain of hi...
THE UNSPEAKABLE MISERY AND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH WHICH JOB BATTLED...
MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS (vv.1-8) What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had once shown Job every respect, but now young men of what might be considered the lowest class, w...
Each new morning does not bring any rest, comfort, or change. The word "assembly" may infer that Job actually cried out in public....
15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried...
I WENT, or, _I walked_ hither and thither as I could. Or, _I converse_ or _appear_ among others. MOURNING WITHOUT THE SUN; spending my days in mourning, without any sun-light or comfort; or so oppress...
Job 30:28 go H1980 (H8765) mourning H6937 (H8802) sun H2535 up H6965 (H8804) assembly H6951 cry...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He reviews his present condition. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The best saints often receive the worst of indignities from a spiteful and scornful wor...
Job 30:1. _The dogs of my flock._ Job does not say this through pride, for he owns that the slave and himself were formed by the same hand: Job 31:15. He says it rather with a view to describe the sin...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 30:24 Job pictures himself as one of those whose cries for HELP he used to answer (vv. Job 30:24). In his own distress he has only found...
_THE CONTRAST.—JOB’S SOLILOQUY, CONTINUED_ With his former state of happiness and honour Job now contrasts his present misery and degradation. His object as well to show the grounds he has for complai...
EXPOSITION JOB 30:1 The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children, flourishing, in favour with both God and man, Job now present...
But now, chapter 30, he tells of the present condition. And just as glorious as was the past, so depressing is the present. But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I wo...
Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 53:4; Lamentations 3:1; Psalms 38:6; Psalms 42:9;...