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Verse Job 31:15. _DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME - MAKE HIM?_] I know that
God is the Judge of all; that all shall appear before him in that
state where the king and his subject, the master and his slave, s...
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DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM? - Had we not one and the
same Creator, and have we not consequently the same nature? We may
observe in regard to this sentiment, (1.) That it indicates a...
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CHAPTER 31
_ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_
2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13)
3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24)
4. Let God and man disprove me ...
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JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his
innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is
the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
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b.
Was upright in his domestic relations (Job 31:9-15)
c.
He was kind and neighborly. (Job 31:16-23)
TEXT 31:9-23
9 IF MY HEART HATH BEEN ENTICED ONTO A WOMAN,
And I have laid wait at my neighbo...
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_IF I DID DESPISE THE CAUSE OF MY MANSERVANT OR OF MY MAIDSERVANT,
WHEN THEY CONTENDED WITH ME;_
Job affirms his freedom from unfairness toward his servants: from
harshness and oppression toward the...
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JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE
Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired
still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and
weak, charity, mod...
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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 31
JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
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Often a wealthy man does not respect his servants. That man might be
very proud. He might think that he is more important than other
people. James warned that such attitudes are very evil (James 5:1-5...
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הֲֽ֝ לֹא ־בַ֭ † בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי
עָשָׂ֑הוּ...
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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 CLEAN LIFE
Job 31:1
Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of
calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God
Himself there would be no iniquity...
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This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It
is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three
friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
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Did not he that made me in the womb make (l) him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb?
(l) He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's
creatures as he was....
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(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have
laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto
another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
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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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DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM?.... And her also, both
his manservant and maidservant: these were made, by the Lord as Job
was, and in a like place and manner as he himself; though paren...
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion
us in the womb?
Ver. 15. _Did not he that made me in the womb, make him?_] In which
regard have not we all one Father, and hath n...
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_If I did despise the cause of my man-servant_ If I used my power over
him to overthrow him and his just rights; _when they contended with
me_ Either for requiring more work from them than they could...
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Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One, that
is, one and the same God, FASHION US IN THE WOMB? God is the Creator
of the slave as well as of the master, and there is for that re...
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JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
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Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the
defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than
that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
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DID NOT ONE FASHION US IN THE WOMB?:
Or, did he not fashion us in one womb?...
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9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust
is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It
consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste...
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I considered that he was, though my servant, yet my fellow creature,
made by the same God, and therefore one of God's subjects, whom I
could not abuse without the injury of his supreme Lord. DID NOT O...
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Job 31:15 made H6213 (H8802) womb H990 make H6213 (H8804) One H259
fashion H3559 (H8787) womb...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is
willing to know the worst of himse...
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Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin;
but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and
spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
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_Did not He that made me in the womb make him?_
GOD THE UNIVERSAL CREATOR
I. Illustrate the doctrine here conveyed. Both high and low, rich and
poor, all sorts and conditions of men, have one common...
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_I made a covenant with mine eyes._
GUARD THE SENSES
Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s
landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._)
METHODS OF MORAL...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:13 Job met the needs of his servants, so that
they would not have a COMPLAINT against him for which he would have no
ANSWER for God....
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_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_
Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended
declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial
reference to his _private...
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EXPOSITION
The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He
winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of
wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31.
Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his
last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding,
actua...
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Isaiah 58:7; Job 10:8; Job 34:19; Malachi 2:10; Nehemiah 5:5;...