Job 3:1
AFTER THIS: i.e. after this long restraint. CURSED. Here we have the Hebrew _kalal,_ which was in the primitive text. See note on Job 1:5. HIS DAY: i.e. his birthday. Compare Job 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THIS: i.e. after this long restraint. CURSED. Here we have the Hebrew _kalal,_ which was in the primitive text. See note on Job 1:5. HIS DAY: i.e. his birthday. Compare Job 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. answered, i.e. began, or lamented. Hebrew idiom. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. or. He knew not which it was. Compare Judges 11:31. MAN. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. Hebrew. _hashak._ GOD. Hebrew Eloah. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SHADOW OF DEATH. Hebrew. _zalmaveth_. the darkness of death. STAIN IT. pollute it. Hebrew. _ga'al,_ to pollute; not _ga'al,_ to redeem.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. intense or thick darkness. Hebrew. _'ophel._ Not _hashak_ (verses: Job 3:4; Job 3:5; Job 3:9) which is less intense.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR MOURNING. a dragon. Referring probably to what the constellation signified.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARK. Hebrew. _hashak._ See Job 3:4. LET IT LOOK. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. FROM. in, or within. GIVE UP THE GHOST. die. Hebrew. _gava',_ to expire. Compare Job 10:18; Job 13:19; Job 14:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KNEES [of the mother]. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. PREVENT. come before, so as to meet.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESOLATE PLACES. ruins: i.e. places (tombs or monuments) already going to ruins.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless agitators. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. WEARY. worn out [of strength].... [ Continue Reading ]
OPPRESSOR. taskmaster.... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER. masters. Hebrew, plural for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
LONG. wait, or look for.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVE. sepulchre. Hebrew. _keber._ See App-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. supplies the sentence from v- 20; but it may be repeated from Job 3:22, "the grave", regarding verses: Job 21:22 as. parenthesis. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
I EAT. my food.... [ Continue Reading ]