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HOW MUCH LESS SHALL I ANSWER HIM? - I, who am so feeble, how can I
contend with him? If the most mighty objects in the universe are under
his control; if the constellations are directed by him; if the...
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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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Job now draws an inference from this instance to his own how much less
should _he_meet God in a hostile plea?
_choose out my words_ In a plea against God circumspection and careful
selection of langu...
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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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AND CHOOSE OUT MY WORDS TO REASON WITH HIM— _And choose out
arguments against him._ This is in the judicial stile, and signifies
the pleadings of the person accused. _To my judge,_ in the next verse,...
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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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_HOW MUCH LESS SHALL I ANSWER HIM, AND CHOOSE OUT MY WORDS TO REASON
WITH HIM?_
How much less shall I - who am weak-seeing that the mighty have to
stoop before Him - CHOOSE OUT MY WORDS - use a well-...
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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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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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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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אַ֭ף כִּֽי ־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ
אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י...
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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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How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out (i) my words [to
reason] with him?
(i) How should I be able to answer him by eloquence? By which he notes
his friends, who although they were eloque...
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_What? Hebrew, "Much less shall I answer him, choosing even my words
with him." (Haydock) --- This is the conclusion from the display of
God's power. (Calmet) --- No eloquence will persuade him. (Hayd...
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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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HOW MUCH LESS SHALL I ANSWER HIM,.... Who is wise in heart, and mighty
in strength, and has done and does the many things before related; who
is invisible, passes by, and onwards insensibly; so that t...
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How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to
reason] with him?
Ver. 14. _How much less shall I answer him_] If heaven, earth, and
sea cannot stand before him; if strongest men, 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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How much less shall I answer Him, namely, than such great and mighty
adversaries, AND CHOOSE OUT MY WORDS TO REASON WITH HIM? No matter how
carefully he might choose his words, attempting to get just...
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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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"How can Job expect to face God, if. sea monster cannot? Job would be
so overwhelmed that he would be unable to choose his words in order to
challenge God" _(Strauss p. 88)._ Even though Job claims to...
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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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Since no creature whatsoever can resist his power, and no man living
can search out or comprehend his counsels and ways; how can I, who am
a poor, contemptible, dispirited creature, contend with him?...
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Job 9:14 answer H6030 (H8799) choose H977 (H8799) words H1697
How much - Job 4:19,...
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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’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 Kings 8:27; Job 11:4; Job 11:5; Job 23:4; Job 23:7;...
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How shall I — 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 against me....