Job 13:1
The v. is in close connexion with Job 12. EYE refers to Job 12:7, EAR to Job 12:13.: cp. Job 12:11... [ Continue Reading ]
The v. is in close connexion with Job 12. EYE refers to Job 12:7, EAR to Job 12:13.: cp. Job 12:11... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favour with God.... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY] rather, 'but.' Job seeks an explanation from God, not from man.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORGERS] better, 'plasterers,' i.e. they plaster their lies over God's misgovernment and hide its evils. 7, 8. 'Does God require His actions to be defended by their untruths and servile flattery?' The friends condemned Job unjustly in order to uphold God's justice. They were special pleaders for Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Job believes that God will not approve of those who lie for Him, an assertion of God's righteousness in remarkable contrast to the assertions of His unrighteousness.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Your memorable sayings _are_ proverbs of ashes, your defences _are_ defences of clay.' Job regards their view as worthless, and their arguments such as any one could refute. 13-22. He turns from man, and boldly pleads his cause with God. 14, 15. Render, with a slight alteration, 'I will take m... [ Continue Reading ]
HE] RV 'This.' The v. may mean that God would pardon his boldness but not a false confession of sin: see Job 42:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ORDERED _my_ CAUSE] i.e. prepared his defence.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEAD WITH] RV 'contend with': to prove him a sinner. FOR NOW, etc.] RV 'For now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost': i.e. if his innocence were disputed. Note how in prospect of his case coming into court Job's spirits rise. He is so certain of his innocence that he cannot believe that it... [ Continue Reading ]
POSSESS] RV 'inherit.' Job thinks he must be suffering for his early follies.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOCKS] rather, 'clog,' to prevent slaves escaping. THOU SETTEST, etc] lit. 'Thou dost make a mark upon the roots of my feet,' perhaps, i.e. make them sore with the clog upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE, etc.] RV 'Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth'; an allusion to his miserable state.... [ Continue Reading ]