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Job 13:28-22

JOB—NOTE ON Job 13:28 As his lament before God continues, Job moves from referring primarily to his own situation (Job 13:20) to focusing on the nature of life for all people.

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See also Job 13:28-22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 13:28. _AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING_] I am like a _vessel_ made of _skin_; rotten, because of old age, or like a _garment_ corroded by the _moth_. So the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Arabic_ und...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING, CONSUMETH - Noyes renders this, “And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away.” Dr. Good translates it, “Well may he dissolve as corrupttion.” Rosenmuller supposes that...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE, &C.. they (my feet) waste away....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 13:22 to Job 14:22. Job pleads his cause before God Having ordered his cause and challenged his friends to observe how he will plead, Job now enters, with the boldness and proud bearing of one as...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And he as a rotten thing_ Or, ONE WHO AS A rotten thing. Job no more speaks of himself in the first person, but in the third, because he thinks of himself as one of the human race in general, which i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. He calls on God for an arraignment. (Job 13:20-28) TEXT 13:20-28 20 Only do NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME: Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21 WITHDRAW THY HAND far FROM ME; And let not thy...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING, CONSUMETH, AS A GARMENT THAT IS MOTH EATEN._ Job speaks of himself in the third person, thus forming the transition to the general lot of man (Job 14:1; Psalms 39:11; Hosea...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:28 as (b-8) Or 'and he [whom thou pursuest] consumeth as a rotten thing, as,' &c....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favour...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND HE, etc.] RV 'Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth'; an allusion to his miserable state....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Perhaps Job was thinking about his illness. He had painful spots on every part of his body (Job 2:7). Perhaps insects were attacking his spots. His body seemed so weak. He was sure that he would die s...

  • 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 13 JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ֭ הוּא כְּ רָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝ בֶ֗גֶד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THOUGH HE SLAY ME” Job 13:1 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his sins, for which he was sufferin...

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

    Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rottenness. Septuagint, "an old vessel," or skin, to contain wine, &c. (Calmet) --- My condition might excite pity. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I pause over this view of Job's confidence, and ask our own hearts whether, in our approaches now in ordinances, and looking forward to our appearance shortly before t...

  • 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

    AND HE AS A ROTTEN THING CONSUMETH,.... This by some Jewish writers z is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, Job 13:25; and so the sense is, that hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Ver. 28. _And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth_] Heb. Waxeth old. He, that is, this poor man, this silly wretch, as David speake...

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

    _And he, as a rotten thing_ That is, man, as some commentators suppose, thinking that Job speaks of himself in the third person, and that the sense is, this poor frail creature, this carcass, or body...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Job's Comfort and Prayer...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he, namely, Job, the persecuted one, AS A ROTTEN THING, CONSUMETH, wasting away, falling into nothingness from rottenness, AS A GARMENT THAT IS MOTH-EATEN. The defiant mood of Job once more change...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and understood...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Job once again sinks back into despair. "His life is rotten and like. pest-eaten garment decaying with no hope of recovery" _(Strauss pp. 127-128). _...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE; either, 1. Man, or Job, supposed to be God's adversary in this contest. So he speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, _he_, i.e. this po...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 13:28 decays H1086 (H8799) thing H7538 garment H899 moth-eaten H6211 H398 (H8804) And he -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us all that is dear to us in this world, re...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil you accept of persons. Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten._ ROTTEN ESTABLISHMENTS “A revival of commercial confidence cannot be expected so long as rotten trading establishments continue...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    A MOTH-EATEN GARMENT A garment that is moth-eaten. Job 13:28. I want you to take a good look at what I have brought you today. It is a cashmere shawl belonging to an old lady who is a friend of min...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_ I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1). “Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; fo

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hosea 5:12; Job 30:17; Job 30:29; Job 30:30; Job 4:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — He speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, he, this poor frail creature, this body of mine; which possibly he pointed at with his finge...

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