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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 23:11-12

My foot hath held, &c.— The division of this book into verses has obscured the sense: these two should be read thus, Job 23:11. My foot hath trodden in his steps; I have kept his way, and have not turned aside (Job 23:12.) from the commandment of his lips; neither have I swerved from his statutes. I have esteemed, &c. See Heath, and the note on Job 22:22 of the last chapter.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 23:11. _MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS, HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT_] I have carefully marked his _providential dealings_; and in his _way _- his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orientals ha...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Fuller particulars given by Job of "the way that is with him" his innocent, upright life....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS, HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT, AND NOT DECLINED._ Held - fast by His steps. The law is in the Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose fo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Declined] RV 'turned aside.' 12B. LXX better, 'In my breast I have stored up his words.' 13-17. Job returns to the old tormenting idea that God must be resolved to hold him guilty, since he suffers...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These are wonderful words. Job did not behave as Eliphaz supposed (Job 22:4-9). Job’s attitudes were good. Job loved God’s law. Job always wanted to obey God. See Psalms 1. JOB IS WORRIED ABOUT GOD...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בַּ֭ אֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכֹּ֖ו שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    My foot hath held His steps, clinging firmly and unwaveringly to the path pointed out by God; HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT, observing it most carefully, AND NOT DECLINED....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MY FOOT HATH HELD, i.e. made a free and fixed choice, and taken fast hold of them; been firmly and strongly settled, and resolved to continue in them, as the word signifies. HIS STEPS; either, 1. Acti...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 23:11 foot H7272 held H270 (H8804) steps H838 kept H8104 (H8804) way H1870 aside H5186 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My foot hath held His steps._ THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT Job has, in this part of his self-defence, sketched a fine picture of a man perfect and upright before God. He has set before us the image...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Steps — The steps or paths which God hath appointed men to walk in....

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