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Verse Job 27:6. _MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I HOLD FAST_] I stand firmly on this
ground; I have endeavoured to live an upright life, and my afflictions
are not the consequence of my sins.
_MY HEART SHALL NOT R...
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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I HOLD FAST - I hold on to the consciousness of
integrity and uprightness. I cannot, will not, part with that. Job had
lost his property, his health, and his domestic comforts, but he...
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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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Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a
gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers,
Job 27:3) tells the truth (Job 27:4). God forbid that he should...
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Job with the solemnity of an oath by God declares that he speaks in
sincerity when affirming his innocence. Till he die he will not admit
his guilt; his conscience reproaches him for no part of his li...
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DISCOURSE: 477
SELF-REPROACH
Job 27:6. _My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live_.
JOB had been represented by God as a perfect and upright man: and the
severe trials he was called to endure...
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GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD JUSTIFY YOU— See the note on chap. Job 2:9.
This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith,
and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself against...
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IV. THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF JOB (Job 27:1, Job 31:40)
A. THE AFFIRMATION OF INNOCENCE (Job 27:1-6)
TEXT 27:1-6
27 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE AND SAID,
2 As God liveth, who hath take...
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_MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I HOLD FAST, AND WILL NOT LET IT GO: MY HEART SHALL
NOT REPROACH ME SO LONG AS I LIVE._
Rather, 'my heart' (conscience) reproaches 'not one of my days' -
i:e., I do not repent of an...
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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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MY HEART SHALL NOT REPROACH ME. — Or, _doth_ _not reproach me for
any of my days.
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בְּ צִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְ לֹ֣א
אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא ־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י
מִ יָּמָֽי׃...
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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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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach [me] so long as I (e) live.
(e) Of my life past....
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(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the
spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not speak...
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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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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I HOLD FAST, AND WILL NOT LET IT GO,.... Meaning not
his personal righteousness, or the righteousness of his works, as his
justifying righteousness before God, and for acceptance with...
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Ver. 6. _My righteousness I hold fast_] As with tooth and nail, yea,
though it be to the loss...
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_God forbid that I should justify you_ In your opinion concerning me,
and censure of me; _till I die_, &c. Never hope that I will yield to
your judgment, which I know to be false: no, I abhor the thou...
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JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
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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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SO LONG AS I LIVE:
_ Heb._ from my days...
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1-6 Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a
grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of
his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to h...
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I HOLD FAST, Heb. _I have held fast_, i.e., I have not only begun
well, but continued in well-doing; which is a plain evidence that I am
no hypocrite. Or, the past tense is put for the future, as is u...
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Job 27:6 righteousness H6666 hold H2388 (H8689) go H7503 (H8686) heart
H3824 reproach H2778 (H8799) live H3117
I hold fast - Job 2:3; Psalms 18:20-23; Proverbs 4:13
my heart - Acts 24:16;...
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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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_Moreover Job continued his parable._
POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE
I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a
belief--
1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 27:6 By saying that he will HOLD FAST to his
integrity, Job echoes the Lord’s description of him in the prologue
(Job 2:3).
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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 John 3:20; 1 John 3:21; 2 Corinthians 12:11; Acts 24:16; Job 2:3;
Proverbs 4:13; Psalms 18:20...
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Reproach — With betraying my own cause and innocency....