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Verse Job 9:24. _THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED_] Is
it not most evident that the worst men possess most of this world's
goods, and that the righteous are scarcely ever in power or aff...
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THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED - This is evidently
designed as an illustration of the sentiment that Job was maintaining
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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 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that
the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the
general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
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COVERETH: i.e. so that they cannot discern between right and wrong....
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The same illustrated on the widest scale. Job 9:23 spoke of particular
calamities afflicting portions of the earth. At the despair of the
innocent under these God mocks, distant and indifferent. Now J...
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From the operation of this terrible force in the physical world Job
passes on to describe its display among creatures, and to shew how it
paralyses and crushes them....
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HE COVERETH THE FACES OF THE JUDGES— _He hath covered the face of
the judgments which are done in it; but the cause of his anger who
shall declare?_ That is, Who can set forth the reasons why God is
a...
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2. Arbitrarily God deals with him, no matter what he may do. (Job
9:13-24)
TEXT 9:13-24
13 GOD WILL NOT WITHDRAW HIS ANGER;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer...
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_THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED: HE COVERETH THE FACES
OF THE JUDGES THEREOF; IF NOT, WHERE, AND WHO IS HE?_
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of t...
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9:24 he (a-13) i.e. God....
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10)
Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most
difficult in the book.
Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses
them as f...
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HE COVERETH THE FACES, etc.] so that they are blind to justice.
IF NOT, WHERE, etc.] RV 'If _it be_ not _he,_ who then is it?' To whom
but God can this state of things be ascribed?
25-31. Job's life...
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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 9
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
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In this life, good people often suffer. But God is not responsible for
their troubles. Sometimes the devil caused the troubles (as in Job
2:7). Sometimes evil people are responsible. And sometimes nat...
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אֶ֤רֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽ יַד ־רָשָׁ֗ע
פְּנֵֽי ־
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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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“THE DAYSMAN”
Job 9:1
Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this
magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks
the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
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Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general
proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the
great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: (s) he covereth the
faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who (t) [is] he?
(s) That they cannot see to do justice.
(t) That can show the c...
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_Wicked one, (Haydock) the devil, (Menochius) or any impious person
who enjoys prosperity. He, (Calmet) or even God permissively, covered
the face, (Haydock) by bribes; so that judges pass sentence un...
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(22) В¶ This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the
perfect and the wicked. (23) If the scourge slay suddenly, he will
laugh at the trial of the innocent. (24) The earth is given into th...
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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 EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HANDS OF THE WICKED,.... Either the wicked
one, Satan, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach, who is the god of this world;
or some wicked tyrant, as Nimrod, or some other known by Job...
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
Ver. 24. _The earth is given into the hand of the wicked_] God many
time...
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_The earth is given into the hand of the wicked_ Hebrew, רשׁע,
_rashang, of the wicked man._ The possession and dominion of a large
portion of it are frequently given, by the great Lord and Proprietor...
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, this God readily
permits; HE COVERETH THE FACES OF THE JUDGES THEREOF, veiling their
eyes and permitting them to render wicked decisions, to practise
un...
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JOB INSISTS THAT GOD VISITS ALSO THE RIGHTEOUS WITH AFFLICTION...
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HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD?
(vv.1-13)
Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than
Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it
is so," that is, h...
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22-24 Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His
friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always
prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery an...
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THE EARTH, i.e. the possession and dominion of men and things on
earth. IS GIVEN, to wit, by God, the great Lord and Disposer of it, by
his providence. INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED; into their power. A...
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Job 9:24 earth H776 given H5414 (H8738) hand H3027 wicked H7563 covers
H3680 (H8762) faces H6440 judges...
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CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute
or combat. If God should deal with any of...
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Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain
ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where
liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
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_Which doeth great things past finding out._
JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND
He regards the Eternal as--
I. Inscrutable.
1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How
great...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:22 Job argues that, from what one can observe in
the world, BOTH THE BLAMELESS AND THE WICKED are destroyed, both fall
prey to DISASTER, and both suffer injustice. All of these thing...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_
Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice
(Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his
righteousness with God. The same, already...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 9:1
Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but
declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to
accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
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So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2):
What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that
we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just.
Th...
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2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 5:18; Daniel 7:7;