He feels that God has written bitter things against him and is holding him accountable for sins that he committed in his youth. Such bitter things would be unfair accusations. Note, Job is not saying that he had inherited the sins of his parents (Ezekiel 18:20), but rather he is afraid that God, to this day, was still holding him accountable for some sin that he had committed while youthful, rash, and ignorant.
Verse Job 13:26. _THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME_] The indictment is filled with bitter or grievous charges, which, if proved, would bring me to bitter punishment. _THE INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH...
FOR THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME - Charges or accusations of severity. We use the word “bitter” now in a somewhat similar sense. We speak of bitter sorrow, bitter cold, etc. The language here...
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 ...
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...
_for thou writest_ Or, THAT THOU WRITEST. To "write" is to prescribe, or ordain, Isaiah 10:1; Hosea 8:12. _makest me to possess_ Or, _inherit_. Job acknowledges sins of his youth, not of his riper man...
THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME— The author of the Divine Legation, zealous to support his allegorical scheme, is always desirous, for that end, to point out inconsistencies in this book. "The g...
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...
_FOR THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME, AND MAKEST ME TO POSSESS THE INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH._ Writest - a judicial phrase, to note down the determined punishment. The sentence of the condemned us...
POSSESS] RV 'inherit.' Job thinks he must be suffering for his early follies....
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...
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...
Zophar said that God forgets some of our evil deeds (Job 11:6). Job did not agree. God sees all our actions. And God knows everything about us (Psalms 139:1-6). This is wonderful, because God wants to...
FOR THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME. — Exquisitely plaintive and affecting is this confession....
כִּֽי ־תִכְתֹּ֣ב עָלַ֣י מְרֹרֹ֑ות וְ֝ תֹורִישֵׁ֗נִי...
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...
“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...
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...
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess (m) the iniquities of my youth. (m) You punish me now for the sins that I committed in my youth....
_Bitter. The judge wrote down the sentence; which he read, or gave to his officer. (Calmet) --- Youth, for which I thought I had satisfied. (Haydock)_...
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...
FOR THOU WRITEST BITTER THINGS AGAINST ME,.... Meaning not sins and rebellions, taken notice of by him, when his good deeds were omitted, as Jarchi; sin is indeed an evil and a bitter thing in its own...
_For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth._ Ver. 26. _For thou writest bitter things against me_] As it were by a judicial rescript thou decreest...
_For thou writest_ That is, thou appointest; _bitter things against me_ A terrible sentence, or most grievous punishments. It is a metaphor taken from the custom of princes or judges, who anciently us...
For Thou writest bitter things against me, in written decrees announcing the sentence of punishment, AND MAKEST ME TO POSSESS THE INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH, his old age, as it were, inheriting the accumu...
Job's Comfort and Prayer...
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...
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...
THOU WRITEST, i.e. thou appointest or inflictest. A metaphor from princes or judges, who anciently used to write their sentence or decrees concerning persons or causes brought before them. See Psalms...
Job 13:26 write H3789 (H8799) things H4846 inherit H3423 (H8686) iniquities H5771 youth H5271 writest -...
Job 13:26 I. Shadows are suffered to fall on us, and to overcast a while the brightness of God's firmament, partly to show us what hell is, and to make us flee from it. II. These afflictions, which...
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...
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...
_Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth._ THE INIQUITIES OF YOUTH VISITED The errors and sins of youth do often entail a very fearful responsibilit...
_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...
EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; fo
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...
Jeremiah 31:19; Job 20:11; Job 3:20; John 5:14; John 5:5;...
Writest — Thou appointest or inflictest. A metaphor from princes or judges, who anciently used to write their sentences....