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Verse Job 7:2. _EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW_] As a man who labours
hard in the _heat_ of the day earnestly desires to get under a
_shade_, or wishes for the _long evening shadows_, that he may rest...
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AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH - Margin, gapeth after. The word here
שׁאף _shâ'aph_ means to breathe hard, to pant, to blow, and then
to desire earnestly.
THE SHADOW - This may refer either to a sha...
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CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER
_ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job
6:1)_
2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8)
3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14)
4. The misery of...
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Job complains of the misery of his life and destiny. How is it that
Job does not go on to maintain his innocence? Instead of this he
proceeds to show how dreadfully he suffers, and to accuse God of
cr...
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THE SHADOW. the shade: i.e. daytime.
WORK. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the
wages or reward gained by work: i.e. evening....
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With slight change the verse reads,
As a slave who panteth for the shadow,
And as an hireling who looketh, &c.
The slave in the heat and under his hard toil pants for the shadow of
evening, the day...
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5. God decrees what man receives. (Job 7:1-10)
TEXT 7:1-10
7 IS THERE NOT A WARFARE TO MAN UPON EARTH?
And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the...
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_AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW, AND AS AN HIRELING
LOOKETH FOR THE REWARD OF HIS WORK:_
Earnestly desireth - Hebrew, pants for the (evening) shadow х_
YISH'AP_ (H7602) _ TSEEL_ (H6738)]....
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JOB'S FIRST SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny....
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A worker waits to receive his wages for his day’s work. But Job
thought that he would receive no reward for his good deeds.
A slave waits for the evening, when he can sleep. His master cannot
control...
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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 7
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY T...
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כְּ עֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף ־צֵ֑ל וּ֝ כְ
שָׂכִ֗יר
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VIII.
MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING
Job 6:1; Job 7:1
Job SPEAKS
WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own
heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot strea...
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LONGING FOR THE EVENING
Job 7:1
The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him
that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to
anticipate the hour of our rew...
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Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation,
more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow
was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, it...
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(1) В¶ Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his
days also like the days of an hireling? (2) As a servant earnestly
desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward o...
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Job's Answer to Eliphaz
I. INTRODUCTION
I. Job 7:1 (NKJV) "[Is] [there] not a time of hard service for man on
earth? [Are] [not] his days also like the days of a hired man?
Job 7:2 Like a servant w...
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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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AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW,.... Either the shadow of
some great rock, tree, or hedge, or any shady place to shelter him
from the heat of the sun in the middle of the day, which in thos...
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh
for [the reward of] his work:
Ver. 2. _As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, &c._] Heb. Gapeth
after, or gaspeth for his s...
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_As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow_ Of the evening, the
sun-set, or the night, the time allotted for his rest and repose. _For
man goeth forth to his labour until the evening, Psalms 104:23_....
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, as the slave eagerly looks
forward to the rest after the completion of his work, AND AS AN
HIRELING LOOKETH FOR THE REWARD OF HIS WORK, for he also, after
r...
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THE GENERAL MISERY OF HUMAN LIFE...
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DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS?
(vv.1-16)
Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's
dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is
there not a t...
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EARNESTLY DESIRETH:
_ Heb._ gapeth after...
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1-6 Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death.
Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not
in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here?...
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THE SHADOW, i.e. the sun-set, or the night, the time allotted for his
rest and repose, PSALMS 104:23. And why may not I also desire the time
of my rest? THE REWARD OF HIS WORK, Heb. _his work_; which...
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Job 7:2 servant H5650 desires H7602 (H8799) shade H6738 man H7916
looks H6960 (H8762) wages H6467
earnestly desi
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Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he
answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first
about to read is a part of his language under those circumstance...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz.
CONCLUSION: We believe in the sun even when it is hidden behind a
cloud, therefore we should not doubt the goodness of God...
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Job 7:1. _Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?_ הלא
צבא _hela zaba,_ Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut
dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon
the e...
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_As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow._
LONGING FOR SUNSET
The title of this sermon is the subject of a picture. The artist shows
an overworked and weary slave, earnestly looking to the wester...
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_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH_
Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes
his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God.
I. COMPLAINS OF THE GENERAL LOT OF HUMANITY...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 7:1
In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he
expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right
of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters i...
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? are not his days
also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desires the
shadow (Job 7:1-2),
That is, the shadow of the clock going...
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Deuteronomy 24:15; James 5:4; Jeremiah 6:4; Leviticus 19:13; Malachi
3:
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Shadow — That is, the sun — set, the time allotted for his rest....