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Verse Job 23:5. _I WOULD KNOW THE WORDS_ WHICH _HE WOULD ANSWER ME_]
He would speak nothing but what was true, decree nothing that was not
righteous, nor utter any thing that I could not comprehend....
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I WOULD KNOW THE WORDS WHICH HE WOULD ANSWER ME - That is, I wish to
understand what would be “his” decision in the case - and what
would be his judgment in regard to me. That was of infinitely more
i...
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CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY
_ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_
2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10)
3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1)
4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked (Job...
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Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints
(Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._
Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest
of God, but now is convinced t...
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Job's Reply to the Third Speech of Eliphaz. Job continues to miss any
Moral Government of the World by God
As before, in the two preceding cycles of debate, Job's mind is too
much absorbed in contemp...
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B.
JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job
24:25)
1.
Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a
hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...
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_I WOULD KNOW THE WORDS WHICH HE WOULD ANSWER ME, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
HE WOULD SAY UNTO ME._
He - emphatic: it matters little what man may say of me, if only I
know what God judges of me....
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JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24)
Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but
continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself
(Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 23
JOB SPEAKS AGAIN
JOB WA...
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אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝
אָבִ֗ינָה מַה ־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃...
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WHERE IS ELOAH?
Job 23:1; Job 24:1
Job SPEAKS
THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some
reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind.
"Again today, my plain...
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“HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE”
Job 23:1
This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his
complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him.
From the misunderstand...
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In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made
against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed
Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...
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(1) В¶ Then Job answered and said, (2) Even today is my complaint
bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. (3) Oh that I knew
where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! (4) I
wo...
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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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I WOULD KNOW THE WORDS [WHICH] HE WOULD ANSWER ME,.... Being a God
hearing and answering prayer, who always hears, and sooner or later
answers the petitions of his people in his own way; and which whe...
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I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what
he would say unto me.
Ver. 5. _I would know the words that he would answer me_] _q.d._ I
cannot know your minds, O my friends, n...
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_O that I knew where I might find him!_ Namely, God, as his friends
well knew. Thou advisest me to acquaint myself with him, I desire
nothing so much as his acquaintance and presence; but, alas! he hi...
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JOB DESIRES A JUDICIAL DECISION OF GOD...
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HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD
(vv.1-9)
What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job
practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual
distresses that occu...
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Job would respectfully listen to God's explanation....
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1-7 Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He
wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know
where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto
hims...
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I long to know what he would say, either to prove me a hypocrite, or
to justify his harsh proceedings against me; and if be should discover
to me any secret and unknown sins, for which he contendeth w...
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Job 23:5 know H3045 (H8799) words H4405 answer H6030 (H8799)
understand H995 (H8799) say H559 (H8799)
know - Job 10:2, Job 13:22-23, Job 42:2-6; 1 Corinthians 4:3-4...
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Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the
Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his
condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
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CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves
with the thought that they are being tried,...
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Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the
favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living
oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...
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_Oh, that I knew where I might find Him._
THE CRY FOR RESTORED RELATIONS WITH GOD
The language of the text is exclusively that of men on the
earth,--although it also characterises the state and feel...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:1 Job is tired of arguing his case before his
friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent
response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before...
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_JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_
Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a
soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz.
Laments the want of access to...
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EXPOSITION
VERSES 1-24:25
Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though
it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by
justifying the vehemence of his co...
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And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2).
Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm
not eve...
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1 Corinthians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 4:4; Job 10:2; Job 13:22; Job 13:23;
Job 42:2...
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JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN
Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting
characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience.
We remembe...
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Know — If he should discover to me any secret sins, for which he
contendeth with me, I would humble myself before him, and accept of
the punishment of mine iniquity....