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Verse Job 9:16. _IF I HAD CALLED, AND HE HAD ANSWERED_] I could
scarcely suppose, such is his majesty and such his holiness, that he
could condescend to notice a being so _mean_, and in every respect...
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IF I HAD CALLED, AND HE HAD ANSWERED ME - It is remarked by Schultens,
that the expressions in these verses are all taken from courts of
justice. If so, the meaning is, that even if Job should call th...
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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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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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In Job 9:14 the plea against God is not supposed actually entered
upon; the idea of such a plea presents itself to Job's mind and he
pictures the results that would follow upon himself; in Job 9:16 he...
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IF I HAD CALLED, AND HE HAD ANSWERED ME— _But if I should call, that
he might answer me, I could not easily believe that he would hear my
voice;_ Job 9:17. _Since he hath broken me with a tempest, and...
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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 HAD CALLED, AND HE HAD ANSWERED ME; YET WOULD I NOT BELIEVE THAT
HE HAD HEARKENED UNTO MY VOICE._
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that
he had hearkened unto my...
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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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'If God allowed me to plead my cause, I cannot believe He would
condescend to attend to me.' Job feels that God is indifferent to his
cry for justice.
17, 18. BREAKETH.. MULTIPLIETH.. WILL NOT SUFFER...
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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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In these verses, Job did not realise that God cared about him. Job did
not know about the events in Job 1:6-12 or Job 2:1-6. So Job did not
know that Satan (the devil) caused Job’s troubles. And Job d...
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אִם ־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽ יַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא
־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין...
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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 (l) had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe
that he had hearkened unto my voice.
(l) While I am in pain I cannot break forth into many inconveniences
although I still know...
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_Voice. So much am I beneath his notice. How unjust were the
aspersions of Job's friends, who accused him of presumption and
blasphemy! (Calmet) --- No one ever spoke with greater humility
(Haydock) a...
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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 HAD CALLED, AND HE HAD ANSWERED ME,.... Mr. Broughton reads the
words, "if I cry, will he answer me?" as if Job had some doubt upon
his mind whether God would vouchsafe to answer him, though he s...
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If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe
that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Ver. 16. _If l had called and he had answered_] If, in confidence of
mine own righteousness, I...
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_If I had called_ That is, prayed, as the word קראתי, _karati_,
commonly means, namely, unto my judge for a favourable sentence, as he
had just said; _and he had answered me_ Had given me what I asked...
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If I had called, and He had answered me, if Job's pleading would
apparently find favor, YET WOULD I NOT BELIEVE THAT HE HAD HEARKENED
UNTO MY VOICE; he feared that God's infinite exaltation would keep...
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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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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 HAD CALLED, i.e. prayed, as this word is commonly used, to wit,
unto my Judge, for a favourable sentence, as he now said, and
therefore it was needless here to mention the object of his calling o...
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Job 9:16 called H7121 (H8804) answered H6030 (H8799) believe H539
(H8686) listening H238 (H8686) voice...
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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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_Yet would I not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice._
PREREQUISITES TO BELIEF
It is hard to believe in that, some faint earnest of which we do not
find in our own souls. A man cannot believe...
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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’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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Acts 12:14; Exodus 6:9; Job 29:24; Judges 6:13; Luke 24:41;...
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Yet — I could not believe that God had indeed granted my desire,
because I am still full of the tokens of his displeasure; and
therefore should conclude that it was but a pleasant dream, and not a
rea...