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Verse Job 31:26. _IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED_] In this verse
Job clears himself of that idolatrous worship which was the most
ancient and most consistent with reason of any species of idolatr...
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IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED - Margin, light. The Hebrew word
(אור _'ôr_) properly means light, but that it here means the sun
is manifest from the connection, since the moon occurs in the para...
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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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THE SUN. the light....
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d. He did not trust in wealth nor in heavenly bodies. (Job 31:24-28)
TEXT 31:24-28
24 IF I HAVE MADE GOLD MY HOPE,
And have said to the fine gold,
_Thou art_ my confidence;
25 If I have rejoiced...
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_IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED, OR THE MOON WALKING IN
BRIGHTNESS;_
If I looked unto the Sun (as an object of worship), because he shined;
or to the Moon, because she walked (moved majestically),...
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31:26 sun (a-5) Lit. 'light.'...
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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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Many people chose the sun and the moon as their gods. In areas that do
not have lights in the streets, the moon is very impressive. And,
especially in a hot country like Job’s, the sun is very powerfu...
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IF I BEHELD THE SUN. — It is remarkable that the kind of idolatry
repudiated by Job is that only of sun and moon worship. He seems to
have been ignorant of the more material and degraded kinds....
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אִם ־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ור כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝
יָרֵ֗חַ
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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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(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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IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED,.... Some take this to be a reason
why Job did not make gold his hope and confidence, because all
sublunary and earthly enjoyments must be uncertain, fading, and
per...
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in]
brightness;
Ver. 26. _If I beheld the sun when it shined_] viz. To adore it, as
the Persians did, and other heathens. The Egyptians had th...
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_If I beheld the sun when it shined_ Namely, in its full strength and
glory; when it most affected men's minds and hearts with admiration of
its beauty, and of the benefits which it is instrumental in...
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JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
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if I beheld the sun when it shined, his light being worshiped by the
Chaldeans as an emanation from God, OR THE MOON WALKING IN BRIGHTNESS,
wandering her course in solemn majesty,...
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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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THE SUN:
_ Heb._ the light
IN BRIGHTNESS:
_ Heb._ bright...
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He had not been guilty of worshiping the sun or moon, and Job believes
that such an act would have rightly merited God's judgment. Obviously,
Job could identify with the person who claims that God is...
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24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of
this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that
they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Thr...
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IF I BEHELD; not simply, nor only with admiration; (for it is a
glorious work of God, which we ought to contemplate and admire;) but
for the end here following, or so as to ascribe to it the honour
pe...
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Job 31:26 observed H7200 (H8799) sun H216 shines H1984 (H8686) moon
H3394 moving H1980 (H8802) brightness...
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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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_If I have made gold my hope._
ON THE LOVE OF MONEY
How universal is it among those who are in pursuit of wealth to make
gold their hope; and, among those who are in possession of wealth, to
make fin...
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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 31:24 Job has guarded against the idolatry of
trusting in the wealth that God has provided rather than trusting in
God himself. He has also avoided the idolatry of worshiping what 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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2 Kings 23:11; 2 Kings 23:5; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 17:3;...
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I — This place speaks of the worship of the host of heaven, and
especially of the sun and moon, the most eminent and glorious of that
number, which was the most ancient kind of idolatry, and most freq...