JOB—NOTE ON JOB 17:5 Since vv. Job 17:1 are likely addressed to God, in v. Job 17:5 Job may be asking God to remember what his friends have done, or he may be warning the friends of the consequences of such actions, or both. Verse Job 17:5 may be quoting a proverb of the day, similar to other warnin... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 17:7 ALL MY MEMBERS. Job’s entire body is exhausted from grief and pain. Compare Job 16:7. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 17:10 In both lines of v. Job 17:12, Job appears to refer to the viewpoint of his friends. They have said that if Job would simply repent, God will restore him and turn his NIGHT INTO DAY (see Job 5:17; Job 8:5; Job 11:13). However, Job argues that accepting that way of thinking woul... [ Continue Reading ]