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Verse Job 29:22. _MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON THEM._] It descended as
_refreshing dew_; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by
it....
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AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN - The highest proof which could be
given of deference. So full of respect were they that they did not
dare to dispute him; so sagacious and wise was his counsel tha...
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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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Return to the main thought of the passage, his place among men, his
brothers....
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MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON THEM— _My speech dropped upon them like the
dew._ Houb....
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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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_AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN; AND MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON
THEM._
Not again - did not contradict me.
DROPPED - effected their minds, as the genial rain does the soil on
which it gently drops...
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29:22 dropped (b-11) See Amos 7:16 ....
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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_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 29
JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝
עָלֵ֗ימֹו תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃...
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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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After my words they spake not again; and my speech (o) dropped upon
them.
(o) That is, was pleasant to them....
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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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AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN,.... Did not or would not make any
reply to them; they did not attempt to change and alter them, to add
unto them, or take from them, or in any wise to correct them...
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Ver. 22. _After my words they spake not again_] They replied not, but
rested in my words, as if I had been some Doctor _Resolutus...
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_Unto me men gave ear_ When I spake all men gave me the greatest
attention, and my word was a law to them; _and waited and kept
silence_, &c. Expecting till I spake, and silently listening to my
couns...
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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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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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AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN; either to confute them as false,
or to add to them as lame and imperfect. DROPPED UPON THEM, to wit, as
the rain, as the next verse explains it, which when it come...
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Job 29:22 After H310 words H1697 again H8138 (H8799) speech H4405
settled H5197 (H8799)
After my - Job 32:15-16, Job 33:31-33; Isaiah 52:15; Matthew 22:46
speech - Deuteronomy 32:2;...
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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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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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Amos 7:16; Deuteronomy 32:2; Ezekiel 20:46; Isaiah 52:15; Job 32:15;
Job 32:16; Job 33:31; Micah 2:6; Matthew 22:46; Song of Solomon 4:11...
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Dropped — As the rain, which when it comes down gently upon the
earth, is most acceptable and beneficial to it....