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WHEN THE ALMIGHTY WAS YET WITH ME - Job regarded God as withdrawn from
him. He now looked back with deep interest to the time when he dwelt
with him....
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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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THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
CHILDREN. youths....
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Naturally the first element in Job's happiness in those past days was
the presence of his children....
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D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40)
1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25)
a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10)
TEXT 29:1-10
1 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE, AND SA...
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_WHEN THE ALMIGHTY WAS YET WITH ME, WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE ABOUT ME;_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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29:5 men (h-10) Or 'children.'...
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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 had a very successful life before his troubles began:
• God was protecting Job (Job 1:10). And God was providing for Job.
• Job became rich (Job 1:3) because God gave many possessions to Job
(Jo...
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בְּ עֹ֣וד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י
סְבִ֖יבֹותַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃...
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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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(1) В¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I
were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When
his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked...
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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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WHEN THE ALMIGHTY [WAS] YET WITH ME,.... Not merely by his powerful
and providential presence, as he is with all men; but in a special
manner by his gracious presence, which is a wonderful and
disting...
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When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about
me;
Ver. 5. _When the Almighty was yet with me_] To prosper me, and give
me all that heart could wish or need require. But if that...
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_When the Almighty was yet with me_ On my side; whereas now he is
against me, and hath forsaken me. _When my children were about me_ Or,
_servants_, for the word נערי, _nagnarai_, signifies both. When...
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JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
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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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God was with him then and so were his children....
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1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present
misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights
in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things...
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WITH ME, i.e. on my side; whereas now he is against me, and hath
forsaken me. MY CHILDREN, or _servants_, or both; and therefore he
useth this word, which comprehends both....
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Job 29:5 Almighty H7706 children H5288 around H5439
the Almighty - Job 23:3, Job 23:8-10; Deuteronomy 33:27-29; Joshua
1:9; Judges 6:12-13; Psalms 30:7, Psalms 43:2,...
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Job 29:5
I. When our children are children, we should really have them "about
us."
II. When our children are about us, we should consider, with Job, that
we are prosperous.
III. When our children a...
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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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Deuteronomy 33:27; Jeremiah 14:8; Job 1:2; Job 23:3; Job 23:8; Job
42:13; Joshua 1:9; Judges 6:12; Judges 6:13; Matthew 9:15;...