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Verse Job 9:15. _THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS_] Though clear of all the
crimes, public and secret, of which you accuse me, yet I would not
dare to stand before his immaculate holiness. Man's holiness may
p...
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WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS - That is, if I felt the utmost
confidence that I was righteous, yet, if God judged otherwise, and
regarded me as a sinner, I would not reply to him, but would make
suppl...
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CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD
_ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_
2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11)
3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22)
4. Confession of we...
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JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that
the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the
general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
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NOT ANSWER. not [dare to] answer....
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From the operation of this terrible force in the physical world Job
passes on to describe its display among creatures, and to shew how it
paralyses and crushes them....
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_though I were righteous_ i. e. though I were in the right, though my
cause was just against Him.
_make supplication to my judge_ Rather, TO MINE ADVERSARY, or
OPPONENT. Had Job right on his side he...
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2. Arbitrarily God deals with him, no matter what he may do. (Job
9:13-24)
TEXT 9:13-24
13 GOD WILL NOT WITHDRAW HIS ANGER;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer...
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_WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS, YET WOULD I NOT ANSWER, BUT I WOULD
MAKE SUPPLICATION TO MY JUDGE._
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer (Job 10:15).
Though I were conscious of no si...
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10)
Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most
difficult in the book.
Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses
them as f...
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WOULD I NOT] i.e. 'would I not dare to.' I WOULD MAKE SUPPLICATION]
rather, 'I must ask mercy.' It would be useless to attempt to
establish his innocence. JUDGE] rather, 'adversary-at-law.'...
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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 9
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
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Job realised that God is the greatest judge. Job wanted to explain his
problems to God. But Job did not know what to say to God....
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם ־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א
אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝ מְ
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X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1
Job SPEAKS
IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to
appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes;
it...
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“THE DAYSMAN”
Job 9:1
Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this
magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks
the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
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Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general
proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the
great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
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Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I (k) not answer, [but] I
would make supplication to my judge.
(k) Meaning, in his own opinion, signifying that man will sometimes
flatter himself to be rig...
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(13) If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop
under him. (14) В¶ How much less shall I answer him, and choose out
my words to reason with him? (15) Whom, though I were righteous,...
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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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WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS, [YET] WOULD I NOT ANSWER,.... This is
not to be understood of the righteousness of his cause, that Job made
no supposition of, but strongly asserted and determined to ho...
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Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would
make supplication to my judge.
Ver. 15. _Whom though I were righteous_] Legally righteous, as none
ever were, but the first and...
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_How much less shall I answer him_ Since no creature can resist his
power, and no man can comprehend his counsels and ways, how can I
contend with him; answer his allegations and arguments produced
ag...
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Whom, though I were righteous, even if Job were in the right, free
from blame according to standards of right as commonly accepted, yet
would I NOT ANSWER, that is, Job could not answer, BUT I WOULD M...
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JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION.
Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific
wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore
defends himself against this...
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HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD?
(vv.1-13)
Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than
Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it
is so," that is, h...
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14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. Job 32:1, and this
answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies
that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of provide...
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THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS; though I had a most just cause, and were not
conscious to myself of any sin. YET WOULD I NOT ANSWER, i.e. I durst
not undertake to plead my cause against him, or maintain my i...
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Job 9:15 righteous H6663 (H8804) answer H6030 (H8799) mercy H2603
(H8691) Judge H8199 (H8781)
though -...
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CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute
or combat. If God should deal with any of...
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Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain
ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where
liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
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_Which doeth great things past finding out._
JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND
He regards the Eternal as--
I. Inscrutable.
1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How
great...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:1 Job responds, in a speech that is relentlessly
legal: ch. Job 9:1 is framed by the term CONTEND ...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:15 THOUGH I AM IN THE RIGHT, I CANNOT ANSWER HIM.
Job states here (and again in v. Job 9:20) that his friends have
applied their theology to him and his circumstances in a
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_
Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice
(Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his
righteousness with God. The same, already...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 9:1
Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but
declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to
accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
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So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2):
What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that
we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just.
Th...
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1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Kings 8:38; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Peter 2:23;...
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Tho' — Though I were not conscious to myself of any sin. Would not
— I durst not undertake to plead my cause against him; or maintain
my integrity before him, because he knows me better than I know
my...