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Verse Job 13:24. _WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE_] Why is it that I no
longer enjoy thy _approbation_?
_HOLDEST ME FOR THINE ENEMY?_] Treatest me as if I were the vilest of
sinners?...
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CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR
_ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_
2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7)
3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1)
4. He appeals to God ...
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Job 13:22 to Job 14:22. Job pleads his cause before God
Having ordered his cause and challenged his friends to observe how he
will plead, Job now enters, with the boldness and proud bearing of one
as...
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_Wherefore hidest thou thy face_ This does not mean, Wherefore dost
thou refuse to answer me _now?_the reference is to God's severity in
afflicting him, as is shewn by the words "holdest me for thine...
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WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, &C.?— This expression, among some
others, has been charged upon Job by a learned writer as very improper
and unbecoming. Now, though we might admit that there is someth...
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6. He calls on God for an arraignment. (Job 13:20-28)
TEXT 13:20-28
20 Only do NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME:
Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21 WITHDRAW THY HAND far FROM ME;
And let not thy...
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_WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, AND HOLDEST ME FOR THINE ENEMY?_
Hidest ... face - a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the
sudden clouding over of the sun.
ENEMY. God treated Job as an e...
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JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED)
1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He
rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it
as an attempt to curry favour...
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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 13
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
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Job was a good man. But he sometimes had doubts. And nobody is
perfect. So Job asked God whether Job had done something wrong. If so,
Job should confess his evil deed and he should ask God to forgive...
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לָֽמָּה ־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר וְ
תַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְ...
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XII.
BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD
Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1
Job SPEAKS
ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set
down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...
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“THOUGH HE SLAY ME”
Job 13:1
The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an
appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his
sins, for which he was sufferin...
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Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge
was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God
(1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...
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CHAPTER XIII....
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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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WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE,.... Not from his cry, because of his
sore and grievous afflictions, as Bar Tzemach; nor from helping and
saving him from his troubles, as Sephorno; nor from looking on...
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Ver. 24. _Wherefore hidest thou thy face_] Who wast wont to shine
upon me, Job 29:2,3. He that hideth his face showeth that he neither...
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_How many are my sins?_ That I am a sinner, I confess; but not that I
am guilty of such crimes as my friends suppose; if it be so, do thou,
O Lord, discover it. _Wherefore hidest thou thy face?_ Withd...
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Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, in apparent displeasure and anger, AND
HOLDEST ME FOR THINE ENEMY? Such God seemed to him to be, judging from
His treatment of Job at that time....
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Job's Comfort and Prayer...
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JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS
(vv.1-12)
Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells
Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and
understood...
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Job is discouraged that God seems to be hiding from him and refuses to
answer him and continues to view Job as His enemy. Job wanted his
friends to be silent, but they continued to talk, and God to sp...
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23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is
willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know
what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and...
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HIDEST THOU THY FACE, i.e. withdrawest thy favour and help which thou
didst use to afford me; as this phrase is commonly used, as
DEUTERONOMY 31:17 PSALMS 13:1, PSALMS 102:2, &c. HOLDEST ME FOR THINE...
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Job 13:24 hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 regard H2803 (H8799) enemy
H341 (H8802)
hidest thou -...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us
all that is dear to us in this world, re...
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Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence.
Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil
you accept of persons.
Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_
I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not
inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1).
“Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2
The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1;
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Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now
what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...
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1 Samuel 28:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; Deuteronomy 32:20; Isaiah 8:17;...