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Verse Job 27:4. _MY LIPS SHALL NOT SPEAK WICKEDNESS_] As I have
hitherto lived in all good conscience before God, as he knoweth, so
will I continue to live....
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MY LIPS SHALL NOT SPEAK WICKEDNESS - This solemn profession made on
oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends
in regard to him, and to show that they had been mistaken in h...
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CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION
_ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_
2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7)
Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
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Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a
gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers,
Job 27:3) tells the truth (Job 27:4). God forbid that he should...
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WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _'aval_. App-44....
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_my lips shall not_ Rather, DO NOT. These words contain Job's oath. He
swears that he is sincere and speaks truly; comp. ch. Job 6:28. The
words refer to his utterances in general, especially in regar...
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Job with the solemnity of an oath by God declares that he speaks in
sincerity when affirming his innocence. Till he die he will not admit
his guilt; his conscience reproaches him for no part of his li...
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IV. THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF JOB (Job 27:1, Job 31:40)
A. THE AFFIRMATION OF INNOCENCE (Job 27:1-6)
TEXT 27:1-6
27 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE AND SAID,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken...
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_MY LIPS SHALL NOT SPEAK WICKEDNESS, NOR MY TONGUE UTTER DECEIT._
(Job 6:28; Job 6:30.) The "deceit" would be, if he were to admit
guilt, against the witness of his conscience....
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He will not acknowledge guilt of which he is unconscious....
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JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-6. Job protests that he is innocent.
Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job
13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
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Chapter s 27-31 are like the words of a man in a court. In chapter 27,
Job promised to speak the truth. In chapter 29, he described his good
behaviour before the troubles began. In chapter 31, he expl...
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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 27
JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
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אִם ־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י
עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝ לְשֹׁונִ֗י...
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XXII.
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS
Job 26:1; Job 27:1
Job SPEAKS
BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm.
"How hast thou helped one without power!
How hast thou saved the strengthless...
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THE JUSTICE OF GOD
Job 27:1
Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent,
Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job
27:1. He denies the charge of be...
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There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad.
The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar
was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply.
This...
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(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the
spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not speak...
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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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MY LIPS SHALL NOT SPEAK WICKEDNESS,.... This is the thing he swears
to, this the matter of his oath, not only that he would not speak a
wicked word not anything corrupt, unsavoury, unchaste, profane,...
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My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Ver. 4. _My lips shall not speak wickedness_] Which I should do,
should I, contrary to that which the Spirit of God witnesseth to my
co...
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_Job continued his parable_ His grave and weighty discourse. _As God
liveth_ He confirms the truth of his expressions by an oath, because
he found them very backward to believe what he professed. _Who...
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my lips shall not speak wickedness, falseness, lies, NOR MY TONGUE
UTTER DECEIT! Such were the contents of Job's solemn oath that he
would speak the full truth without fear or favor....
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JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
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HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
(vv.1-7)
In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was
very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has
already won the debat...
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1-6 Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a
grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of
his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to h...
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I will speak nothing but the truth with all plainness and
impartiality, neither defending myself and cause by vain and false
professions of those virtues or graces which I know I have not; nor
yet, in...
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Job 27:4 lips H8193 speak H1696 (H8762) wickedness H5766 tongue H3956
utter H1897 (H8799) deceit H7423...
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Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some
great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is
naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the
hypocrite should engage us to be upright.
KEY WORD: Hypocr...
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Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive
speech.
Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are
preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...
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_Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me._
MORAL COURAGE
It is the aim of all men to secure happiness. As to the course they
think best adapted to secure this they differ most widely, and...
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_Moreover Job continued his parable._
POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE
I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a
belief--
1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_
Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad,
and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing
to say. Job, therefo...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 27:1
This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the
first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in
maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
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Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away
my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my
breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
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2 Corinthians 11:10; Job 13:7; Job 34:6; John 8:55...