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CHAPTER XXIII
_Job answers; apologizes for his complaining; wishes to plead_
_his cause in the presence of his Maker, from whom he knows he_
_should receive justice; but regrets that he cannot find...
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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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ANSWERED. replied [a third time]. See note on Job 4:1....
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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 WISHES THAT HE MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO PLEAD HIS CAUSE BEFORE GOD;
BUT, WHEREVER HE TURNS HIMSELF, HE CANNOT FIND OR BEHOLD HIM. HE
ACKNOWLEDGES, HOWEVER, THAT GOD OBSERVES HIS PATHS, AND THEREFORE H...
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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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_THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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’s final speech begins here. It continues to the end of chapter
31. Bildad interrupts briefly in chapter 25. Some people think that
there are other interruptions too. For example, they think that J...
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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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XXIII.
(1) THEN JOB ANSWERED. — Job replies to the insinuations of Eliphaz
with the earnest longing after God and the assertion of his own
innocence; while in the twenty-fourth chapter he laments tha...
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וַ יַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַ יֹּאמַֽר׃...
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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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CONTENTS
Job is again, in this chapter, described, as making still further his
defense. From the decision of Man, he appeals to God; and opens his
mouth in an earnest cry to God, for permission to ap...
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(1) В¶ Then Job answered and said, (2) Even today is my complaint
bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. (3) Oh that I knew
where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! (4) I
wo...
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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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THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID. In reply to Eliphaz; for though he does
not direct his discourse to him, nor take any notice of his friends;
yet, as a proof of his innocence, against his and their accusat...
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Then Job answered and said,
Ver. 1. _Then Job answered and said_] viz. In defence of his own
integrity, against Eliphaz's calumnies in the foregoing chapter. To
make apology to every one that shall t...
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_Then Job answered_ Job, being exceedingly grieved by the freedom
which Eliphaz had taken with him in his last speech, charging him
directly with the most enormous sins, (see the 15th and following
ve...
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Then Job answered and said,...
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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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JOB CHAPTER 23 Job's reply: his desire to plead with God, JOB 23:1;
who should not confound, but strengthen him, JOB 23:6,7. He cannot
behold God's way; but he walked in the way of his law, JOB 23:8....
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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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_Oh, that I knew where I might find Him._
THE CRY FOR RESTORED RELATIONS WITH GOD
The language of the text is exclusively that of men on the
earth,--although it also characterises the state and feeli...
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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’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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Job 23:1...
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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...