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Verse Job 23:7. _THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM_] נוכח
_nochach_, might _argue_ or _plead_. To _dispute with God_ sounds very
harsh.
_SO SHOULD I BE DELIVERED FOR EVER_] Mr. _Good_ trans...
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THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM - One who is conscious of
his integrity might carry his cause there, with the assurance that he
would be heard, and that justice would be done him. There can...
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CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY
_ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_
2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10)
3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1)
4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...
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Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints
(Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._
Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest
of God, but now is convinced t...
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Job's Reply to the Third Speech of Eliphaz. Job continues to miss any
Moral Government of the World by God
As before, in the two preceding cycles of debate, Job's mind is too
much absorbed in contemp...
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Job ardently desires that he could come to God's judgment-seat to
plead his cause before Him; and that God would give heed to him and
answer him. Then assuredly his innocence would be established....
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This verse, as rendered in the A.V., seems to mean that in such
circumstances (Job 23:3) a righteous man might plead his cause before
God. Rather the words run literally, _then a righteous man would b...
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B.
JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job
24:25)
1.
Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a
hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...
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_THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM; SO SHOULD I BE DELIVERED
FOR EVER FROM MY JUDGE._
There - rather, Then: if God would 'attend' to me (Job 23:6).
RIGHTEOUS - i:e., the result of my dispu...
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JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24)
Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but
continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself
(Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...
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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 23
JOB SPEAKS AGAIN
JOB WA...
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THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE. — He has learnt this marvellous
truth, which the Gospel has so effectually brought to light, that it
is God the Saviour who is Himself the refuge from God the Judge...
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XX.
WHERE IS ELOAH?
Job 23:1; Job 24:1
Job SPEAKS
THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some
reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind.
"Again today, my plain...
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“HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE”
Job 23:1
This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his
complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him.
From the misunderstand...
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In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made
against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed
Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...
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(d) There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be
delivered for ever from my judge.
(d) When he of his mercy has given strength to maintain their cause....
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_Victory. Before such a judge I should hope to be acquitted. Job must
have been well convinced of his innocence. For woe to man, if God
treat him according to the rigour of his justice! (Calmet) ---
S...
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(7) There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be
delivered forever from my judge.
How beautiful is this, with an eye to JESUS? There indeed, in JESUS'S
strength, and JESUS'S righteousnes...
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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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THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM,.... That is, at his seat,
either at his mercy seat, where even God allows sinners to come and
reason with him, for pardoning grace and mercy, upon the foot...
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered
for ever from my judge.
Ver. 7. _There the righteous might dispute with him_] There for then;
_sc. _ when God shall put strength i...
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_There_ At that throne of grace, where God lays aside his majesty and
power, and judges according to his wonted grace and clemency; _the
righteous_ Such as I trust I am in sincerity and truth; _might...
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There the righteous might dispute with Him, he who pleads would be
shown to be a righteous man; SO SHOULD I BE DELIVERED FOREVER FROM MY
JUDGE, he would escape condemnation on the part of the Judge by...
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JOB DESIRES A JUDICIAL DECISION OF GOD...
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HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD
(vv.1-9)
What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job
practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual
distresses that occu...
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1-7 Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He
wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know
where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto
him...
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THERE; at that throne of grace, as it is called, HEBREWS 4:16, where
God lays aside his majesty and power, and judgeth according to his
wonted grace and clemency. THE RIGHTEOUS; such as I do and dare...
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Job 23:7 upright H3477 reason H3198 (H8737) delivered H6403 (H8762)
forever H5331 Judge H8199 (H8802)
There -
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Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him
from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and
losses he has sustained; and he is somewhat irritated by the...
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We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit
instruct us during our reading!
Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plight, grievously
distressed in mind, and yet, for all...
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Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the
Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his
condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
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CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves
with the thought that they are being tried,...
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Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the
favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living
oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:1 Job is tired of arguing his case before his
friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent
response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:3 The last time Job used this kind of legal
language, he was convinced that God would both ignore and condemn him
(see Job 9:3,...
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_JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_
Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a
soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz.
Laments the want of access to...
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EXPOSITION
VERSES 1-24:25
Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though
it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by
justifying the vehemence of his co...
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And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2).
Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm
not eve...
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Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 3:5; Job 9:15; Romans 3:19;...
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JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN
Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting
characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience.
We remember...
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There — At that throne of grace, where God lays aside his majesty,
and judges according to his wonted clemency. Dispute — Humbly
propounding the grounds of their confidence. So — Upon such a fair
and...