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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 26:9

He holdeth back the face of his throne, &c.— He covereth the place of his immediate presence, spreading his cloud over it. Heath.

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See also Job 26:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 26:9. _HE HOLDETH BACK THE FACE OF HIS THRONE_] Though all these are most elegant effects of an omniscient and almighty power, yet the great Agent is not personally discoverable; he dwellet...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE HOLDETH BACK THE FACE OF HIS THRONE - That is, he does not exhibit it - he covers it with clouds. The idea seems to be, that God sometimes comes forth and manifests himself to mankind, but that he...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26JOB'S REPLY _ 1. A sarcastic beginning (Job 26:1)_ 2. Job also knows and can speak of the greatness of God (Job 26:5) Job 26:1. You have helped me greatly, Bildad, me, who am without power...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCLUSION OF BILDAD'S SPEECH. Bildad pursues the theme of the greatness of God, begun in Job 25:2. The giants (Deuteronomy 2:11) tremble at God (Job 26:5). Rephaim ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    That Job has no need to be instructed regarding the greatness of God he now shews, by entering upon an exhibition of its operations in every sphere of that which exists, Hades, the Earth and Heaven, i...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he holdeth back_ Or, HE SHUTTETH UP, or, enshrouds. The "face of his throne" is perhaps the outside of it, or that view which it would present if seen; and the meaning is that He enshrouds His throne...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    God's power and greatness in heaven and earth....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. No mysteries are hidden from God. (Job 26:5-14) (Some would attribute this section to Bildad.) a. There is no close connection between it and the preceding verses. TEXT 26:5-14 5 THEY THAT ARE DE...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _DEAD THINGS ARE FORMED FROM UNDER THE WATERS, AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF._ As before, in Job 9:1; Job 12:1, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends in ability to describe God's greatness,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE HOLDETH BACK] RV 'He closeth in.' God veils His throne from men....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (JOB 26, 27) 1-4. Job taunts Bildad with the worthlessness of his remarks as a solution of the problem. 2, 3, 4 are spoken ironically....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 26 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God’s royal seat is in heaven. We cannot see him. But he is still ruling. He is greater than any human king. And his rule will continue always....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE HOLDETH BACK THE FACE. — Or, _covereth the face of his throne in the heavens, spreading his rack of cloud upon it. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי ־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֹֽו׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS” Job 26:1 Job taunts Bildad with his reply as having imparted no help or thought. He then proceeds, Job 26:5, to give a description of God's power as manifested in Hades, i...

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

    We come next to Job's answer. The reply to Bildad occupies but one chapter, which is characterized from beginning to end by scorn for the man who had no more to say. In a series of fierce exclamations...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Over it. The firmament, with all its beauty, is but like a cloud, to conceal from our feeble eyes the splendor of God's throne._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) В¶ Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. (6) Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (7) He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE HOLDETH BACK THE FACE OF HIS THRONE,.... His throne is the heaven of heavens; the face of it, or what is before it, is the starry and airy heavens; this face of his throne is sometimes held back, o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it. Ver. 9. _He holdeth back the face of his throne_] _i.e._ Of heaven, Isaiah 66:1, which he soon overcloudeth and muffleth up,...

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

    _He holdeth back_ Namely, from our view, that its effulgent brightness may not dazzle our sight; _the face of his throne_ The heaven of heavens: where he dwells, its light and glory being too great fo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He holdeth back the face of His throne, enshrouding the throne of heaven by causing clouds to come between it and the earth, AND SPREADETH HIS CLOUD UPON IT, to screen the majesty of His power from pr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A Description Of God's Surpassing Glory. Job now, in order to refute Bildad more thoroughly, shows his understanding of the almighty power of God both in the creation and in the government of the wor...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BILDAD'S WORDS FUTILE IN JOB'S CASE (vv.1-4) Job begins a reply that continues through six Chapter s, and his friends are totally silenced. His language is amazing, specially considering the length...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    God can even use the clouds to obscure the moon. __...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE HOLDETH BACK, i.e. to wit, from our view, that its lustre and glory should not reach us, and so dazzle our sight; he covereth it with a cloud, as the next words explain it. Or, _he holdeth fast_, o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 26:9 covers H270 (H8764) face H6440 throne H3678 spreads H6576 (H8768) cloud H6051...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His faith in God. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: God is infinite and incomprehensible; man's capacities to understand Him and all His ways are weak, the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 26:5. _Dead things,_ הרפאים _ha-raphaim,_ the raphaim _are formed from under the waters._ SCHULTENS reads, _Manes orcinorum intremiscunt, de subter aquis, et la habitatores eorum._ The manes of th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it._ THE CLOUD UPON THE THRONE Aided by Divine revelation, the researches of man have done much and well in tracking out the foot...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But Job answered and said._ THE TRANSCENDENT GREATNESS OF GOD I. God appears incomprehensibly great in that portion of the universe that is brought under human observation. 1. In connection with t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB 26:1 Job: The Power of God, Place of Wisdom, and Path of Integrity. Up until now, the dialogue between Job and his three friends has followed a pattern in which each speech by Job is followed by r...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 26:5 The state or realm of the DEAD is not visible to humanity (it is UNDER THE WATERS), but it is NAKED and HAS NO COVERING before God ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_ Job, more alive to Bildad’s want of sympathy than to the excellence of his sentiments in regard to the Divine perfections, speaks somewhat petulantly,—certainly with irony and...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The long discourse of Job now begins, which forms the central and most solid mass of the book. It continues through six chapters (Job 26-31.). In it Job, after hastily brushing aside Bildad...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Job answers now this little saying of Bildad. It's his third and final answer to Job, and it's really nothing. Job answered and said, How have you helped him that is without power? how can you save...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:12; 1 Timothy 6:16; Exodus 20:21; Exodus 33:20; Exodus 34:3

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Holdeth — From our view, that his glory may not dazzle our sight; he covereth it with a cloud. Throne — The heaven of heavens, where he dwelleth....

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