Job 17:1
BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IS. has become. CORRUPT. consumed. EXTINCT. Hebrew. _Za'ak._ Occurs only here. THE GRAVES. The Septuagint reads as in translation below.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IS. has become. CORRUPT. consumed. EXTINCT. Hebrew. _Za'ak._ Occurs only here. THE GRAVES. The Septuagint reads as in translation below.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTINUE IN. constantly dwell on.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY DOWN NOW. Appoint it so,. pray. PUT ME, &C.. be thou my bond. Compare Isaiah 38:14 ("undertake"). WHO IS HE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. The answer is given in Job 17:4 by Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "[not they]". STRIKE HANDS. The idiom for making. compact. Compare Prove... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT, &C. Supply Ellipsis, as in translation below; and treat Job 17:5 as. quotation. CHILDREN. sons. FAIL. look in vain.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFORETIME. in former times. Compare Ruth 4:7, TABRET. a drum. Hebrew. _topheth._ To the sound and warning of which people gave heed. See note on 1 Samuel 10:5. After this verse imagine. pause.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEMBERS. limbs.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU. So some codices, with Syriac and "Vulgate, which Authorized Version and Revised Version followed. Other codices read "them".... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. Hebrew. _hashak._ See note on Job 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRAVE. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35. Compare Job 17:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PIT. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35. Compare Job 17:13.... [ Continue Reading ]