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Verse Job 29:20. _MY GLORY_ WAS _FRESH IN ME_] My _vegetative_ power
was great; my _glory _- my splendid _blossom_, large and _mellow
fruit_, was always in season, and in every season.
_MY BOW WAS RE...
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MY GLORY WAS FRESH IN ME - Margin, “new.” “As we say, the man
shall not overlive himself.” Umbreit. The idea is, that he was not
exhausted; he continued in vigor and strength. The image is probably
ta...
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CHAPTER 29
_ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_
2. The good works he did (Job 29:11)
Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that
his mind was moving in another ch...
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JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS.
Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under
God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14).
JOB 29:7. Job describes the...
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Job's outlook on the future, amidst this benevolent and active life.
He anticipated length of days and continued prosperity....
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MY BOW WAS RENEWED IN MY HAND— _Gained strength in my hand._ The
word ףּתחלי _tachliph,_ rendered _renewed_ denotes all change,
whether from worse to better, or the contrary. See Isaiah 40:31.
Heath....
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c. The honor that was his (Job 29:18-25)
TEXT 29:18-25
18 THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
19 My root is spread oat to the waters,
And the dew lieth...
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_MY GLORY WAS FRESH IN ME, AND MY BOW WAS RENEWED IN MY HAND._
My renown, like my bodily health, was continually fresh.
BOW - metaphor from war, for My strength, which gains me 'renown,'
was ever r...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS
Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity
and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a
great and worthy chieftain...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 29
JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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כְּ֭בֹודִי חָדָ֣שׁ עִמָּדִ֑י וְ֝
קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּ יָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף׃...
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the...
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THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST
Job 29:1
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which
has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of
this chapter!...
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Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a
solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to
prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he
f...
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_Bow, strength. I thought my glory would never end. (Menochius)_...
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(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my
days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the
dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was fresh in m...
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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 GLORY [WAS],.... "Is" or "shall be";
FRESH IN ME; or "new" g; renewed day by day, having fresh additions
made unto it; which was true of Job's temporal honour from among men;
as a prince and civil...
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My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Ver. 20. _My glory was fresh in me_] _i.e._ I had daily new
accessions to mine honours; and I was herein like a bay tree, that is
always...
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_My root was spread out by the waters_ I was like a tree, whose root,
spreading out itself by the waters, receives continual moisture and
nourishment from the earth, so that it is in no danger of with...
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JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS
In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been
his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt
spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
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FRESH:
_ Heb._ new
RENEWED:
_ Heb._ changed...
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18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace
and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from
lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but...
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MY GLORY WAS FRESH; the reputation which I had gained by my just and
virtuous life was not decaying, but growing, and every day augmented
with the accession of new honours. IN ME, Heb. _with me_. MY B...
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Job 29:20 glory H3519 fresh H2319 within H5978 bow H7198 renewed H2498
(H8686) hand H3027
glory - Job 29:14, Job 19:9; Genesis 45:13; Psalms 3:3
fresh - Heb. new
my bow - Genesis 49:24
renewed - He...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles
of the world, although virtu...
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Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the
light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal
prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
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_My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand._
FRESHNESS
The text tells us of the renown of Job, and of the way in which the
providence of God continued to maintain the glory of his e...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with
Job’s reflections on his current and future state.
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_JOB’S RETROSPECT_
Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus
disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows
that his complaints were sufficiently well-...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 29:1
From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the
contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite
knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
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Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1)
He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just
keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all
of his afflictions. Lookin...
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2 Corinthians 4:16; Genesis 45:13; Genesis 49:24; Isaiah 40:31; Job
19:9; Job 29:14; Psalms 103:5; Psalms 3:3...
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Glory — My reputation was growing every day. Bow — My strength
which is signified by a bow, Genesis 49:24; 1 Samuel 2:4, because in
ancient times the bow and arrows were the principal instruments of
w...