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CHAPTER XXIX
_Job laments his present condition, and gives an affecting_
_account of his former prosperity, having property in_
_abundance, being surrounded by a numerous family, and enjoying_
_ev...
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MOREOVER, JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE - See the notes at Job 27:1. It is
probable that Job had paused to see if anyone would attempt a reply.
As his friends were silent, he resumed his remarks and went...
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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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MOREOVER. And.
CONTINUED HIS PARABLE: i.e. again took up his impressive discourse.
This is Job's last address, corresponding with his first. See the
Structure on p. 669....
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_JOB SETS FORTH, IN A PATHETIC MANNER, THE HAPPINESS OF HIS FORMER
PROSPEROUS STATE._
_Before Christ 1645._
_JOB 29:1. MOREOVER, JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE_— Job now goes on to
finish his defence; an...
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D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40)
1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25)
a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10)
TEXT 29:1-
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_MOREOVER JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE, AND SAID,_
Job pauses for a reply. None being made, he proceeds to illustrate the
mysteriousness of God's dealings, as set forth (Job 28:1) by his own
case....
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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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XXIX.
(1) JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE. — In this chapter he recounts
wistfully his past happiness. In his case it was indeed not without
cause, though in point of fact he was _then_ passing through a ti...
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וַ יֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יֹּוב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁלֹ֗ו
וַ יֹּא
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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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CONTENTS
Job continueth his discourse yet farther, through the whole of this
chapter. He draws a pathetic picture of his former prosperity....
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(1) В¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I
were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When
his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked...
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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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MOREOVER, JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE,.... Or "added to take [it] up" q,
that is, he took it up again, and went on with his discourse; he made
a pause for awhile, waiting to observe whether any of his t...
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Ver. 1. _Moreover Job continued his parable_] Or, his sentence, as
Tremellius rendereth it, his sententious and elegant oration, his
_aureum flumen orati...
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Job now goes on to finish his defence, and in order to it he first
sets forth his condition in the time of his prosperity, against which
he places, by way of contrast, his present unhappy situation,
d...
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JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
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Moreover, Job continued his parable, his proverbial sayings, AND SAID,...
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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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CONTINUED:
_ Heb._ added to take up...
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Back then God watched over him, and illuminated his path. Note that
the first thing Job misses is his close fellowship with God. "The
sense that God had now left him was more painful than his other
mi...
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1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present
misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights
in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things...
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JOB CHAPTER 29 Job's former prosperity in God's favour, JOB 29:1. His
honour and repute, JOB 29:6, for his charity, JOB 29:12, and punishing
the wicked,...
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Job 29:1 Job H347 continued H3254 (H8686) H5375 (H8800) discourse
H4912 said H559 (H8799)
continued - Heb. add
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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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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’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...
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Job 27:1...