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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Job 23:12

more than my necessary food Lit. more than(or, above) my own law; i. e. perhaps, more than the law of my own mind or inclination. The words recall the exhortation of Eliphaz, ch. Job 22:22. Any reference to foodseems out of place.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 23:12. _THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS_] The written law that proceeded from his own mouth. _I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH_] Mr. _Good_ has given a better version of the original: _I...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK - I have not put away or rejected. THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS - That which he has spoken, or which has proceeded out of his mouth. I HAVE ESTEEMED - Margin, “hid,” or, “laid...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._ Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MY NECESSARY FOOD. Hebrew my own law. my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Genus), App-6, for what is allowed by it. Compare Genes...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 475 JOB’S LOVE TO THE WORD OF GOD Job 23:12. _I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food_. WHENCE arose this remarkable assertion? Was it a spontaneous and uncalled...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MY FOOT HATH HELD, &C.— The division of this book into verses has obscured the sense: these two should be read thus, Job 23:11. _My foot hath trodden in his steps; I have kept his way, and have not tu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job 24:25) 1. Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK FROM THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS; I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD._ Esteemed - rather, laid up-namely, as a treasure found (Matthew 13:44;...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:12 heart. (b-28) Or 'than mine appointed portion.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself (Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 23 JOB SPEAKS AGAIN JOB WA...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These are wonderful words. Job did not behave as Eliphaz supposed (Job 22:4-9). Job’s attitudes were good. Job loved God’s law. Job always wanted to obey God. See Psalms 1. JOB IS WORRIED ABOUT GOD...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD. — Comp. John 4:32. Or, _I have treasured up the words, &c., according to the statute prescribed to me,_ or _from my own law: i.e._,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְ לֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝ חֻקּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE” Job 23:1 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misunderstand...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have (g) esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. (g) His word is more precious to me than the meat with which the b...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Lips, given to Noe, (Genesis ix. 5.) or to Moses. This work was written by a Jew, who dresses up the sentiments of Job in his own style. The holy man was also acquainted with the Mosaic dispensation,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. What a lovely account doth Job give of himself here, that the word o...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK FROM THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. Ver. 12. _Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips_]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _My foot hath held his steps_ Either the steps or ways in which God himself walks; the paths of justice, mercy, and holiness, wherein Job had made it his care to _walk with_, or _after_ God, as the ph...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips, he has in no way departed from the Law of God; I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD, literally, "more than that...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that occu...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    I HAVE ESTEEMED: _ Heb._ I have hid, or laid up MY NECESSARY FOOD: Or, my appointed portion...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK, i.e. not turned aside to any crooked or sinful path or course of life, human infirmity excepted. I HAVE ESTEEMED, Heb. _I have hid_, or laid it up, as men do their best treas...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 23:12 departed H4185 (H8686) commandment H4687 lips H8193 treasured H6845 (H8804) words H561 mouth H6310 necessary...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and losses he has sustained; and he is somewhat irritated by the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit instruct us during our reading! Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plight, grievously distressed in mind, and yet, for all...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves with the thought that they are being tried,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My foot hath held His steps._ THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT Job has, in this part of his self-defence, sketched a fine picture of a man perfect and upright before God. He has set before us the image...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access to...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSES 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his co...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2). Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm not eve...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 2:2; Acts 14:22; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 10:39;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remember...

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