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WHO IS HE THAT WILL PLEAD WITH ME? - That is, “who is there now that
will take up the cause, and enter into an argument against me? I have
set my cause before God. I appeal now to all to take up the a...
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CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR
_ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_
2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7)
3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1)
4. He appeals to God ...
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WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
GIVE UP THE GHOST. to expire. See note on Job 3:11....
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_Who is he that will plead with me_ i. e. plead against me, enter to
oppose me with good reasons who will bring a valid argument against
me? The words are a triumphant expression of the feeling that n...
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Assured of victory, he commands his friends to mark his pleading of
his cause....
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Job now turns from his friends, whom he commands to be silent, to his
great plea with God, resuming the intention expressed in Job 13:3. The
passage has two parts, one preliminary, Job 13:13, exhibiti...
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5. Job would dare to present his case before God. (Job 13:13-19)
TEXT 13:13-19
13 HOLD your PEACE, LET ME ALONE, that I may speak;
AND LET COME ON ME WHAT WILL.
14 Wherefore should I TAKE my flesh...
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_WHO IS HE THAT WILL PLEAD WITH ME? FOR NOW, IF I HOLD MY TONGUE, I
SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST._
If ... - rather, 'then would I hold my tongue, and give up the ghost;'
i:e., if any one can contend with...
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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...
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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 com...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 13
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
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If Job was guilty, he deserved punishment. But a good man, who trusts
God, does not deserve any punishment. Job’s friends were not his
judges. God alone was Job’s judge. Job knew that God would make t...
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IF I HOLD MY TONGUE, I SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST. — A marvellous
confession, equivalent to, “If I give up my faith in Him who is my
salvation, and my personal innocence, which goes hand-in-hand
therewit...
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מִי ־ה֭וּא יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י כִּֽי
־עַתָּ֖ה א
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XII.
BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD
Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1
Job SPEAKS
ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set
down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...
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“THOUGH HE SLAY ME”
Job 13:1
The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an
appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his
sins, for which he was sufferin...
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Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge
was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God
(1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...
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Who [is] he [that] will plead (h) with me? for now, if I hold my
tongue, I shall (i) give up the ghost.
(h) To prove that God punishes me for my sins.
(i) If I do not defend my cause, every man will...
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_Peace. It will be some consolation to explain my reasons. If I am
fairly overcome, I shall die with more content. (Calmet)_...
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(18) Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified. (19) Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold
my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
One might have thought, had...
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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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WHO [IS] HE [THAT] WILL PLEAD WITH ME,.... Enter the lists with him;
dispute the point, and try the strength of his arguments he had to
plead for his own justification: thus Christ, the head of the ch...
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Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
shall give up the ghost.
Ver. 19. _Who is he that will plead with me?_] Of my justification in
both respects I am so confident,...
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_Behold, now, I have ordered my cause_ Namely, in my own mind. I have
seriously considered the state of my case, what can be said, either
for me or against me, and am ready to plead my cause. _I know...
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Who is he that will plead with me, contending with him, successfully
attempting to prove him to be wrong? FOR NOW, IF I HOLD MY TONGUE, I
SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST, if anyone should succeed in fastening...
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Job's Comfort and Prayer...
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JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS
(vv.1-12)
Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells
Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and
understood...
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"Job was once more boldly affirming the impossibility of anyone's
bringing honest charges of guilt against him. If someone, including
even God, could do so, then-and only then would he be silent and d...
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13-22 Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave
of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and
salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Tempor...
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WHO IS HE THAT WILL PLEAD WITH ME? where is the man that will do it?
nay, oh that God would do it! which here he implies, and presently
expresseth. I SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST; my grief for God's heavy...
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Job 13:19 contend H7378 (H8799) tongue H2790 (H8686) perish H1478
(H8799)
that will plead - Job 19:5,...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us
all that is dear to us in this world, re...
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Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence.
Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil
you accept of persons.
Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 13:3 Before he turns to address his lament directly
to God (Job 13:20), Job argues that his friends have misdiagnosed him
(WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS;...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_
I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not
inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1).
“Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2
The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1;
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Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now
what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...
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Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 50:8; Jeremiah 20:9; Job 13:13; Job 19:5;...
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The ghost — My grief would break my heart, if I should not give it
vent....