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Job 19:29

JOB—NOTE ON Job 19:29 The wrath of the friends is a sin that deserves punishment (see Job 31:11, Job 31:28). False testimony demands the same penalty that would have been given the accused (Deuteronomy 19:16). know there is a judgment. The appearance of the Redeemer, says Job, would be bad news for his friends.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 19:29. _BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD_] Of God's judgments. _FOR WRATH BRINGETH_] Such anger as ye have displayed against me, God will certainly resent and punish. _THAT YE MAY KNOW_ THERE IS...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD - Of the sword of justice, of the wrath of God. In taking such views, and using such language, you ought to dread the vengeance of God, for he will punish the guilty. FOR WRA...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 19 JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD _ 1. How long will ye vex my soul? (Job 19:1)_ 2. And I am not heard! (Job 19:7) 3. Forsaken of men he pleads to be pitied (Job 19:13) 4. Faith supreme ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 19. JOB'S ANSWER. Here the gradual progress of Job's soul towards faith reaches its climax (Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that Job's problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PUNISHMENTS. sins; "sins" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishments called for by them. THERE IS. JUDGMENT. that judgment will be executed....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Brief threat to his three friends. God's appearance, which will bring joy to Job, will carry terror to those who persecute him and fasten false charges of guilt upon him. The language in these verses...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword_ This translation seems to assume that "wrath" here is that of men, such wrath as Job's friends shewed towards him. But the word is too strong to be ta...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. He warns his friends to cease their persecution. (Job 19:28-29) TEXT 19:28, 29 28 IF YE SAY, HOW WE WILL PERSECUTE HIM! And that the root of the matter Is found in me; 29 Be ye afraid of the sw...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD: FOR WRATH BRINGETH THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE SWORD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THERE IS A JUDGMENT._ BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD - the punishment, about to be inflicted by the coming Judg...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S FIFTH SPEECH In this speech Job repeats his bitter complaints of God's injustice, and man's contemptuous abandonment of one formerly so loved and honoured. He appeals in broken utterances to his...

  • 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 19 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Bildad argued this in Job 18:7-10. Job warned the friends not to be unfair. God would punish them if their words were evil....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BE YE AFRAID... — Job threatens his friends with that condign punishment of which they regarded him as a conspicuous example....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִ פְּנֵי ־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי ־ח֭

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XVI. "MY REDEEMER LIVETH" Job 19:1 Job SPEAKS WITH simple strong art sustained by exuberant eloquence the author has now thrown his hero upon our sympathies, blending a strain of expectancy with te...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH” Job 19:1 In Job's melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him with disdain; his...

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

    To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, le...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the (t) punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. (t) God will be avenged of this harsh judgment by which you condemned me....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Know. Septuagint, "And then they shall know that their power is nowhere;" or, "where is their substance?" (Grabe) (Haydock) --- Job menaces his friends with God's judgments, as they had done him. (Ca...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (28) But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? (29) Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! have not you and I cause to blush, while we thus behold a man like Job, in ages so remote from the clear sunshine of the gospel, and overwhelmed as he was with such a pressure of w...

  • 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

    BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD,.... Not of the civil magistrate, nor of a foreign enemy, but of the avenging sword of divine justice; lest God should whet the glittering sword of his justice, and his hand...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. Ver. 29. _Be ye afraid of the sword_] Heb. Be ye afraid for yourselves, from the...

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

    _Be ye afraid of the sword_ Of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you, which is called the sword; as Deuteronomy 32:41, and elsewhere. That is, if ye continue to persecute me. So Houbigant...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Be ye afraid of the sword, which the vengeance of God would bring upon them; FOR WRATH BRINGETH THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE SWORD, the crimes, the transgressions, of the sword are invariably overtaken by w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB STATES HIS BELIEF IN FINAL VINDICATION...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD (vv.1-6). Though Job did not lose his temper at the unjust accusations of Bildad, he shows here that the reproaches of his friends have struck deeply into his soul. "How long w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. He...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF THE SWORD, i.e. of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you, which is called the sword; as DEUTERONOMY 32:41, and oft elsewhere. Do not please yourselves with such pretences and crafty eva...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 19:29 afraid H1481 (H8798) sword H2719 wrath H2534 punishment H5771 of H6440 sword H2719 know H3045 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 19:1. _Then, Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?_ They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His sublime faith. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: We may easily bear the unjust reproaches of men if we live in expectation of the glorious appearance o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 19:3. _These ten times have ye reproached me._ A form of speech which puts a certain number for one less certain. Job had no doubt noticed about ten principal arguments levelled against him. Job 1...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Job answered and said._ COMPLAINTS AND CONFIDENCES I. Job bitterly complaining. 1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their want of sympathy. (1) They exasperated him...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 19:23. “_O that my words were now written!_” The “words” understood as either— (1) _Those now to be uttered_. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c. As an everlasting monument of his faith...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 19:1 Job begins his answer to Bildad's second speech by an expostulation against the unkindness of his friends, who break him in pieces, and torture him, with their reproaches (verses...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then Job answered and said, How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with your words? These ten times you have reproached me: and you're not ashamed that you made yourself like a stranger...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 11:9; James 4:11; James 4:12; Job 13:7; Matthew 7:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOB'S VICTORIOUS FAITH Job 19:23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS All of the heroes of the faith have not lived in our day. To tell the truth, we fear that the heroic faith which marked the ancients is waning. E...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sword — Of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you which is called the sword, as Deuteronomy 32:41, and elsewhere. That — This admonition I give you, that you may know it in time, and preven...

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