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Verse Job 31:40. _LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT_] What the word
חוח _choach_ means, which we translate _thistles_, we cannot tell:
but as חח _chach_ seems to mean _to hold, catch as a hook, to
hi...
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LET THISTLES GROW; - Genesis 3:18. Thistles are valueless; and Job is
so confident of entire innocence in regard to this, that he says he
would be willing, if he were guilty, to have his whole land ov...
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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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LET THISTLES GROW. This is not an imprecation, but an argument in
favor of his integrity: i.e. Had he been as his friends alleged, would
he not have had bad instead of bountiful harvests? See translat...
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e.
He lived openly and would not hesitate to have the Almighty publish
his record. (Job 31:29-40)
TEXT 31:29-40
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,
Or lifted up myself w...
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_LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT, AND COCKLE INSTEAD OF BARLEY. THE
WORDS OF JOB ARE ENDED._
Thistles - or brambles; thorns.
COCKLE - literally, noxious weeds, perhaps wolfsbane, which is common...
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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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COCKLES] RM 'noisome weeds.' Job for the last time has maintained the
integrity of his past life, and expressed his readiness to answer all
charges of guilt brought against him. The third and final se...
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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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Job finished his speech with words about the ground.
He had often spoken about the soil at the end of previous speeches
(Job 7:21; Job 10:21-22; Job 17:16; Job 21:33
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תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְ
תַֽחַת ־שׂ
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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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Thorns. Protestants, "cockle." Marginal note, "loathsome weeds."
(Haydock) --- The precise import of the word is not known; but it
means something "stinking." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, Batos, "a briar....
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REFLECTIONS
READER! while we behold the man of Uz in this chapter justifying
himself against the unjust charges of his friends, and making appeal
to the LORD to plead his cause, let not you and I mist...
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(33) В¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine
iniquity in my bosom: (34) Did I fear a great multitude, or did the
contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not ou...
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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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LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT, AND COCKLE INSTEAD OF BARLEY,....
This is an imprecation of Job's, in which he wishes that if what he
had said was not true, or if he was guilty of the crimes he de...
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The
words of Job are ended.
Ver. 40. _Let thistles grow instead of wheat_] This was a piece of
that first curse, Genesis 3:8, under w...
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_If my land cry against me_ To wit, to God, for revenge,
(as the like phrase signifies, Genesis 4:10; Habakkuk 2:11,) because I
have gotten it from the right owners by fraud or violence, as my
friends...
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Job's Appeal to be Heard...
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let thistles grow instead of wheat, briars, which would spoil the
productiveness of the soil, AND COCKLE, noxious, stinking weeds,
INSTEAD OF BARLEY. Thus boldly did Job assert his innocence of any
sp...
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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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COCKLE:
Or, noisome weeds...
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33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to
confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon
others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper...
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To wit, in answer to his friends; for he speaks but little afterwards,
and that is to God....
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Job 31:40 thistles H2336 grow H3318 (H8799) wheat H2406 weeds H890
barley H8184 words H1697 Job H347 ended...
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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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_The words of Job are ended._
JOB’S FINAL POSITION
Running like a golden thread through all this vehement and passionate
language, we have seen a vein of thought which has given this
half-rebellious...
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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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Genesis 3:17; Genesis 3:18; Isaiah 7:23; Malachi 1:3; Psalms 72:20;...