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Verse Job 9:20. _IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF_] God must have some reason for
his conduct towards me; I therefore do not pretend to justify myself;
the attempt to do it would be an insult to his majesty and ju...
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IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF, MINE OWN MOUTH SHALL CONDEMN ME - That is,
referring still to the form of a judicial trial, if I should undertake
to manage my own cause, I should lay myself open to condemnation...
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CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD
_ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_
2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11)
3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22)
4. Confession of we...
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JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that
the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the
general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
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Were I in the right, mine own mouth would condemn me,
Were I perfect, He would prove me perverse:
In Job 9:20 Job is the speaker; he describes the effect upon him of
the might of God, though he had r...
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From the operation of this terrible force in the physical world Job
passes on to describe its display among creatures, and to shew how it
paralyses and crushes them....
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These verses describe what would ensue in the supposed case that God
had actually responded to Job's citation. He would not listen to Job's
plea but would crush him with His infinite power. The words...
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These three verses read as follows,
If you speak of the strength of the mighty, Here I am! (saith He)
If of judgment, Who will set me a time?...
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DISCOURSE: 459
THE EVIL OF A SELF-JUSTIFYING SPIRIT
Job 9:20. _If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I
say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Though I were
perfect, ye...
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IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF— _If I call myself righteous, my mouth shall
condemn me: if innocent, it shall prove me perverse;_ Job 9:21.
_Innocent,_ or _being innocent, yet would I not make trial; nor would
m...
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2. Arbitrarily God deals with him, no matter what he may do. (Job
9:13-24)
TEXT 9:13-24
13 GOD WILL NOT WITHDRAW HIS ANGER;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer...
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_IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF, MINE OWN MOUTH SHALL CONDEMN ME: IF I SAY, I AM
PERFECT, IT SHALL ALSO PROVE ME PERVERSE._
If I justify myself. Maurer translates-`If I were just' - i:e., if I
had right on my s...
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10)
Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most
difficult in the book.
Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses
them as f...
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Job speaks. Render, 'Though I am innocent, a word may put me in the
wrong; though I am upright, He can pervert me.' It is therefore
useless to plead....
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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 9
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
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God is so perfect that even an innocent man would feel guilty. This is
partly true. God is so holy that even his special servants in heaven
cover their faces (Isaiah 6:2). But, in the future, we shall...
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X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1
Job SPEAKS
IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to
appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes;
it...
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“THE DAYSMAN”
Job 9:1
Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this
magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks
the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
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Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general
proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the
great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
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If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: (o) [if I say],
I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
(o) If I stood in my own defence yet God would have just cause to
condemn me if...
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_Condemn me, as this conduct would appear presumptuous. (Calmet) ---
Septuagint, "if I be just, my mouth will utter impiety," (Haydock) in
declaring it. (Olymp.)_...
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(13) If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop
under him. (14) В¶ How much less shall I answer him, and choose out
my words to reason with him? (15) Whom, though I were righteous,...
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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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IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF,.... Seek for justification by his own
righteousness, trust in himself that he was righteous, say that he was
so, and pronounce himself a righteous man, what would it signify?
MIN...
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If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I
[am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Ver. 20. _If I justify myself_] If, in default of other pleaders, I
should undertake...
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_If I justify myself_ If I plead against God my own righteousness and
innocence; _my own mouth shall condemn me_ God is so infinitely wise,
and just, and holy, that he will find sufficient matter of
c...
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If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; even if he were
right, the confusion of his speech would condemn him; IF I SAY, I AM
PERFECT, innocent, without guilt, IT SHALL ALSO PROVE ME PERV...
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JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION.
Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific
wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore
defends himself against this...
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HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD?
(vv.1-13)
Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than
Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it
is so," that is, h...
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Once again Job claims that he is righteous, but God is so overwhelming
that Job was afraid he would become confused and end up witnessing
against himself....
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14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. Job 32:1, and this
answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies
that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of provide...
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If I plead against God mine own righteousness and innocency, God is so
infinitely wise and just, that he will find sufficient matter of
condemnation from my own words, though spoken with all possible...
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Job 9:20 righteous H6663 (H8799) mouth H6310 condemn H7561 (H8686)
blameless H8535 perverse H6140 (H8799)
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CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute
or combat. If God should deal with any of...
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Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain
ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where
liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
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_If I justify myself._
THE FOLLY OF SELF-JUSTIFICATION
One of Rev. Murray M’Cheyne’s elders was in deep darkness and
distress for a few weeks, but one Sunday after the pastor’s faithful
preaching he...
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_Which doeth great things past finding out._
JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND
He regards the Eternal as--
I. Inscrutable.
1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How
great...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:1 Job responds, in a speech that is relentlessly
legal: ch. Job 9:1 is framed by the term CONTEND ...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:20 Job thinks that no matter what he says, God
will find his words unpersuasive and PERVERSE. When Job says, “I AM
BLAMELESS” (also in v. Job
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_
Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice
(Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his
righteousness with God. The same, already...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 9:1
Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but
declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to
accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
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So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2):
What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that
we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just.
Th...
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1 Timothy 6:5; Isaiah 6:5; James 3:2; Job 1:1; Job 15:5;...
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Justify — If I plead against God mine own righteousness and
innocency....