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Verse Job 29:11. _WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME_] This and the six following
verses present us with a fine exhibition of a man full of benevolence
and charity, acting up to the highest dictates of those princ...
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WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME. - A personification for “they who heard me
speak, blessed me.” That is, they commended or praised me.
AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME - All who saw me.
IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME - That is,...
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CHAPTER 29
_ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_
2. The good works he did (Job 29:11)
Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that
his mind was moving in another ch...
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JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS.
Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under
God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
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The ground of this universal reverence Job's benevolent care of the
poor and his strict justice to their cause....
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This verse may read,
For the ear that heard of me blessed me,
And the eye that saw me gave witness to me.
Those who had only heard of him by report "blessed" him, that is,
"called him happy," as on...
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DISCOURSE: 479
JOB’S CHARACTER
Job 29:11. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and hi...
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b. The cause of his honored position was benevolence and righteousness
(Job 29:11-17)
TEXT 29:11-17
11 FOR WHEN THE EAR HEARD _ME,_ THEN IT BLESSED ME;
And when the eye saw _me,_ it gave witness un...
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_WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME, THEN IT BLESSED ME; AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME,
IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME:_
Blessed - extrolled my virtues (Proverbs 31:28). Omit me after heard;
whoever heard of me in general, not...
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GAVE WITNESS TO ME] i.e. to my goodness, which it saw....
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS
Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity
and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a
great and worthy chieftain...
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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 29
JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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Before Job’s troubles began, everybody used to respect Job.
In ancient times, walls would surround a city. There would be a square
by the city’s main gate. People would gather there for meetings. The...
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WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME, THEN IT BLESSED ME. — This is a direct
negative to the charges of Eliphaz in Job 22:6, &c. He has felt them
too deeply to pass them by in total silence....
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כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽ
תְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְ...
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST
Job 29:1
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which
has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of
this chapter! T...
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Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a
solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to
prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he
f...
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When the (g) ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw
[me], it gave witness to me:
(g) All that heard me, praised me....
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_Gave. Septuagint, "winked," through approbation. (Calmet)_...
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(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city,
when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
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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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WHEN THE EAR HEARD [ME], THEN IT BLESSED ME,.... The ear of the common
people assembled together to hear causes tried, and how they would go;
when they heard Job give his opinion in court, or the defi...
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When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw
[me], it gave witness to me:
Ver. 11. _When the ear heard me, then it blessed me_] That is, it
praised me, and praised God for me, as...
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_When the ear heard me, then it blessed me_ Prayed to God to bless me,
and pronounced a blessing upon me, because of the integrity, justice,
and wisdom which were observed in all my discourses and act...
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When the ear heard me, as he gave his counsel in the assembly of the
people, THEN IT BLESSED ME, calling him happy in the possession of so
much wisdom; AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME, IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME,...
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JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS
In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been
his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt
spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
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People respected Job's wisdom and really listened to what he had to
say. "Those who heard of him, or witnessed his activities, could
testify to the fact that: he helped the poor, the desperate, the
fa...
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7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the
dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence,
integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with
such g...
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IT BLESSED ME, i.e. pronounced me to be a man blessed of God with
eminent gifts and graces; or heartily prayed for God's blessing upon
me, because of that wisdom and integrity which they saw in all my...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles
of the world, although virtu...
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Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the
light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal
prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with
Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the
course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that
would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:11 The BLESSING that Job received from others
reflected the blessing he had been to those who had no one to HELP
them and who needed to be DELIVERED....
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_JOB’S RETROSPECT_
Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus
disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows
that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 29:1
From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the
contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite
knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
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Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1)
He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just
keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all
of his afflictions. Lookin...
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Job 31:20; Luke 11:27; Luke 4:22; Proverbs 29:2...
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Witness — Gave testimony to my pious, and just, and blameless
conversation....