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Verse Job 27:23. MEN _SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS AT HIM_] These two verses
refer to the storm, which is to sweep away the ungodly; therefore the
word _God_, in Job 27:22, and _men_ in this verse, should b...
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MEN SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS AT HIM - That is, they shall combine to
drive him out of the world, and rejoice when he is gone. The same
sentiment was also expressed by Bildad, Job 18:18 :
“He shall be d...
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CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION
_ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_
2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7)
Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
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THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job
has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy
be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 t...
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The disastrous fate of the wicked man at the hand of God.
Job 27:7-10 drew a contrast between the internal state of the mind of
the speaker and that of the sinner; in these verses the contrast is
pur...
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B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS,
I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23)
TEXT 27:7-23
7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED,
And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what is th...
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_I WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF GOD: THAT WHICH IS WITH THE ALMIGHTY
WILL I NOT CONCEAL._
These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (notes, Job
21:22; Job 24:22). They therefore seem to b...
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JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-6. Job protests that he is innocent.
Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job
13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
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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 27
JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
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יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק עָלֵ֣ימֹו כַפֵּ֑ימֹו וְ
יִשְׁרֹ֥ק עָ֝לָ֗יו מִ מְּקֹמֹֽו׃...
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XXII.
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS
Job 26:1; Job 27:1
Job SPEAKS
BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm.
"How hast thou helped one without power!
How hast thou saved the strengthless...
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THE JUSTICE OF GOD
Job 27:1
Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent,
Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job
27:1. He denies the charge of b...
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There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad.
The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar
was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply.
This...
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_Place. God having waited patiently a long time, at last displays the
effects of his indignation, with a sort of contempt, Proverbs i. 26.,
and Ezechiel v. 13. (Calmet) (Psalm ii. 4.) (Menochius) (Pin...
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(11) В¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal. (12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? (13) This is the por...
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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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[MEN] SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS AT HIM,.... In a way of joy and triumph,
scorn and derision, see Lamentations 2:15; either at the time of his
death, being glad they are rid of him, Psalms 52:5; or rather...
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Job 27:23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out
of his place.
_Ver 23. Men shall clap their hands at him, &c._] Heb. He shall clap,
&c. Every he shall, or God shall, as some rea...
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_Men_ Who shall see and observe these things; _shall clap their hands
at him_ In token of their joy, at the removal of such a public pest
and tyrant; and by way of astonishment, as also in contempt an...
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Belief in the Final Destruction of the Ungodly....
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HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
(vv.1-7)
In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was
very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has
already won the deba...
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When the wicked are overtaken, people in the world do rejoice or mock
their downfall. Compare with Jeremiah 49:17; Ezek. Job 27:36; Zeph.
Job 2:15....
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11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of
wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job
considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their
death w...
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MEN, who shall see and observe these things, SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS;
partly, in token of their joy at the removal of such a public pest and
tyrant; and partly, by way of astonishment; and partly, in c...
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Job 27:23 clap H5606 (H8799) hands H3709 hiss H8319 (H8799) place
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clap - Esther 9:22-25; Proverbs 11:10; Lamentations 2:15; Revelation
18:20
hiss him - 1 Kings 9:8;...
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Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some
great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is
naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the
hypocrite should engage us to be upright.
KEY WORD: Hypocr...
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Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive
speech.
Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are
preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavil...
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_I will teach you by the hand of God._
GOD’S TREATMENT OF WICKED MEN
Looking at Job’s lecture or address, we have to notice two things.
I. Its introduction. The eleventh and twelfth verses may be r...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_
Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad,
and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing
to say. Job, theref...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 27:1
This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the
first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in
maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
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Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away
my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my
breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
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1 Kings 9:8; Esther 9:22; Jeremiah 19:8; Lamentations 2:15; Micah
6:16; Proverbs 11:10; Revelation 18:20; Zephaniah 2:15...
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Clap — In token of their joy at the removal of such a publick pest,
by way of astonishment: and in contempt and scorn, all which this
gesture signifies in scripture use. His — In token of detestation...