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I PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS - Or “justice” - as a magistrate, and in
all his transactions with his fellow-men. It is common to compare
moral conduct or traits of character with various articles of apparel;...
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CHAPTER 29
_ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_
2. The good works he did (Job 29:11)
Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that
his mind was moving in another ch...
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JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS.
Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under
God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
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The ground of this universal reverence Job's benevolent care of the
poor and his strict justice to their cause....
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_and it clothed me_ Rather, and it CLOTHED ITSELF IN ME. Job clothed
himself with righteousness, so that as a man he was lost in the
justice that clothed him; and justice clothed itself in him he on t...
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DISCOURSE: 479
JOB’S CHARACTER
Job 29:11. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and hi...
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b. The cause of his honored position was benevolence and righteousness
(Job 29:11-17)
TEXT 29:11-17
11 FOR WHEN THE EAR HEARD _ME,_ THEN IT BLESSED ME;
And when the eye saw _me,_ it gave witness un...
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_BECAUSE I DELIVERED THE POOR THAT CRIED, AND THE FATHERLESS, AND HIM
THAT HAD NONE TO HELP HIM._
The grounds on which Job was praised (Job 29:11) - his helping the
afflicted (Psalms 72:12), who cried...
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29:14 mantle (a-14) Elsewhere 'robe;' it is the large outer garment
worn by Orientals....
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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 29
JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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Job did many good things. He even helped people whom nobody else would
help. And Job wanted to do good deeds every day (verse 14). Job did
these things because he was a servant of God (Job 1:8). So Jo...
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I PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS. — Comp. Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 28:5; Isaiah
62:3; 2 Timothy 4:8;...
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צֶ֣דֶק לָ֭בַשְׁתִּי וַ
יִּלְבָּשֵׁ֑נִי כִּֽ מְעִ֥יל...
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST
Job 29:1
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which
has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of
this chapter! T...
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Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a
solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to
prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he
f...
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I put on (l) righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a
robe and a diadem.
(l) I delighted to do justice, as others did to wear costly apparel....
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(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city,
when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
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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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I PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IT CLOTHED ME,.... Not the righteousness
of his living Redeemer, the robe of righteousness and garment of
salvation he had from him; though he had put on that by faith, and...
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe
and a diadem.
Ver. 14. _I put on righteousness, and it clothed me_] It was not
ambition, popularity, or self-interest that put J...
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_I put on righteousness, and it clothed me_ As a garment covers the
whole body, and is worn continually all the day long, so I was
constantly just in the whole course of my administrations, public and...
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me, putting it on as a robe,
wearing it always, so that the proper holy conduct at all times was
identified with him; MY JUDGMENT WAS AS A ROBE AND A DIADEM, jus...
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JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS
In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been
his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt
spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
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"His exercise of justice was so consistent and so evident that they
were like. robe and. turban" _(Zuck p. 128)._...
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7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the
dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence,
integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with
such g...
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IT CLOTHED ME: as a garment covers the whole body, and is worn
continually all the day long; so I was constantly just in the whole
course of all my administrations, public and private, and never put
o...
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Job 29:14 put H3847 (H8804) righteousness H6664 clothed H3847 (H8799)
justice H4941 robe H4598 turban H6797...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles
of the world, although virtu...
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Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the
light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal
prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
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_I put on righteousness._
AD MAGISTRATUM
When others do us open wrong, it is not vanity, but charity, to do
ourselves open right. And whatsoever appearance of folly or vain
boasting there is in so do...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with
Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the
course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that
would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:14 Job used his possessions and influence to
provide what others could not provide for themselves.
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_JOB’S RETROSPECT_
Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus
disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows
that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 29:1
From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the
contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite
knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
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Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1)
He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just
keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all
of his afflictions. Lookin...
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1 Thessalonians 5:8; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Deuteronomy 24:13; Ephesians
6:14;...
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Put on, &c. — Perhaps he did not wear these: but his steady justice
was to him instead of all those ornaments....