JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:1 Job responds again. He begins by pointing out
that his friends have failed as comforters (Job 16:2), even though
comfort was their original purpose for coming to him (see Job 2:11).
He then describes the seeming paradox of his situation: God is the one
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:8 To counter Eliphaz’s description of the
“fat” wicked person (Job 15:27), Job points to his own SHRIVELED
and shrunken state. It TESTIFIES that God’s hand is against him, but
not that he is guilty (Job 16:17).
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:12 Like a city invaded during war, Job feels that
he has endured BREACH UPON BREACH from God.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:15 SEWED SACKCLOTH UPON MY SKIN. Job’s constant
grief is like a coarse cloth stitched to his skin, a reality of
unending pain. LAID MY STRENGTH IN THE DUST. Literally, “buried my
horn in the ground.” The horn of an animal represents strength,
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:16 DEEP DARKNESS. Literally, “shadow of
death.” Job’s gaunt eyes are those of a dying man.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 16:19 WITNESS... IN HEAVEN. Job either believes he
already has an advocate in heaven or that God will eventually see he
is blameless and declare him innocent. See Job 16:9; Job 19:25.
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