CONTENTS
Job again takes up the discourse in this Chapter, and makes another
appeal against the false reasoning of his friends. He contendeth, that
the wicked sometimes prosper in this life, and therefore it is not
less to be expected that the righteous should sometimes suffer: but in
death they ar... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) В¶ But Job answered and said, (2) Hear diligently my speech, and
let this be your consolations. (3) Suffer me that I may speak; and
after that I have spoken, mock on.
The man of Uz makes another attempt to win the kindness of his
friends, that they might consider his case, at peculiarly needing... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should
not my spirit be troubled? (5) Mark me, and be astonished, and lay
your hand upon your mouth. (6) Even when I remember I am afraid, and
trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Perhaps this part of Job's discourse is as interesting and... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) В¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in
power?
Job in this verse reminds his friends of the very different state of
the wicked. It is as if he had said, If according to your judgment,
that my GOD is visiting me with such peculiar calamities, for some
very heavy and pecul... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their
offspring before their eyes. (9) Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them. (10) Their bull gendereth, and
faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. (11) They
send forth their little ones lik... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should
serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? (16)
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far
from me. (17) В¶ How oft... [ Continue Reading ]
(27) В¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me. (28) For ye say, Where is the house of
the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (29) Have
ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
(30) That the wicked is r... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
READER! let us pause over the perusal of this chapter, and, for the
moment, drop the recollection of both Job and his friends, to bring
the subject itself a little nearer home, as it concerns the same
circumstances here described in the present day in which we dwell.
If we look at human... [ Continue Reading ]