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Job 23:7

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"There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge."

  • Job 23:7 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 23:7. _THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM_] נוכח _nochach_, might _argue_ or _plead_. To _dispute with God_ sounds very harsh. _SO SHOULD I BE DELIVERED FOR EVER_] Mr. _Good_ trans...

  • Job 23:7 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM - One who is conscious of his integrity might carry his cause there, with the assurance that he would be heard, and that justice would be done him. There can...

  • Job 23:7 - Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Job 23:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM; SO SHOULD I BE DELIVERED FOR EVER FROM MY JUDGE._ There - rather, Then: if God would 'attend' to me (Job 23:6). RIGHTEOUS - i:e., the result of my dispu...

  • Job 23:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 23 JOB SPEAKS AGAIN JOB WA...

  • Job 23:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE. — He has learnt this marvellous truth, which the Gospel has so effectually brought to light, that it is God the Saviour who is Himself the refuge from God the Judge...

  • Job 23:7 - ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נֹוכָ֣ח עִמֹּ֑ו וַ אֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝ נֶ֗צַח מִ שֹּׁפְטִֽי׃...

  • Job 23:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XX. 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...

  • Job 23:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • Job 23:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (d) There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. (d) When he of his mercy has given strength to maintain their cause....

  • Job 23:7 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Victory. Before such a judge I should hope to be acquitted. Job must have been well convinced of his innocence. For woe to man, if God treat him according to the rigour of his justice! (Calmet) --- S...

  • Job 23:7 - Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (7) There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge. How beautiful is this, with an eye to JESUS? There indeed, in JESUS'S strength, and JESUS'S righteousne...

  • Job 23:7 - John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THERE THE RIGHTEOUS MIGHT DISPUTE WITH HIM,.... That is, at his seat, either at his mercy seat, where even God allows sinners to come and reason with him, for pardoning grace and mercy, upon the foot...

  • Job 23:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

    There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. Ver. 7. _There the righteous might dispute with him_] There for then; _sc. _ when God shall put strength i...

  • Job 23:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There_ At that throne of grace, where God lays aside his majesty and power, and judges according to his wonted grace and clemency; _the righteous_ Such as I trust I am in sincerity and truth; _might...

  • Job 23:7 - Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB DESIRES A JUDICIAL DECISION OF GOD...

  • Job 23:7 - Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THERE; at that throne of grace, as it is called, HEBREWS 4:16, where God lays aside his majesty and power, and judgeth according to his wonted grace and clemency. THE RIGHTEOUS; such as I do and dare...

  • Job 23:7 - Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 23:7 upright H3477 reason H3198 (H8737) delivered H6403 (H8762) forever H5331 Judge H8199 (H8802) There - Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 3:5, Jeremiah 12:1 so should - Job 9:15; Romans 3:19

  • Job 23:7 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Job 23:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • Job 23:7 - The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 3:5; Job 9:15; Romans 3:19; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:33; Romans 8:34...

  • Job 23:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Job 23:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    There — At that throne of grace, where God lays aside his majesty, and judges according to his wonted clemency. Dispute — Humbly propounding the grounds of their confidence. So — Upon such a fair and...

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