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WHAT THEN SHALL I DO WHEN GOD RISETH UP? - That is, when he rises up
to pronounce sentence upon people, or to execute impartial justice.
Job admits that if he had done injustice to a servant, he would...
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CHAPTER 31
_ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_
2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13)
3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24)
4. Let God and man disprove me (Job 31:35)
Job 31:1. His final...
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JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his
innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is
the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
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DISCOURSE: 482
THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR OUR GREAT ACCOUNT
Job 31:14. _What shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth,
what shall I answer him?_
THE testimony of a good conscience is...
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IF I DID DESPISE, &C.— See on chap. Job 19:25. The 14th verse should
be rendered in the future, agreeably to the Hebrew; _what shall I do,
when God shall arise; and when he shall visit, what shall I a...
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b.
Was upright in his domestic relations (Job 31:9-15)
c.
He was kind and neighborly. (Job 31:16-23)
TEXT 31:9-23
9 IF MY HEART HATH BEEN ENTICED ONTO A WOMAN,
And I have laid wait at my neighbo...
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_IF I DID DESPISE THE CAUSE OF MY MANSERVANT OR OF MY MAIDSERVANT,
WHEN THEY CONTENDED WITH ME;_
Job affirms his freedom from unfairness toward his servants: from
harshness and oppression toward the...
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JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE
Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired
still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and
weak, charity, mod...
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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 31
JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
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וּ מָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי ־יָק֣וּם
אֵ֑ל וְ כִֽי ־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה
אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃...
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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 CLEAN LIFE
Job 31:1
Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of
calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God
Himself there would be no iniquit...
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This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It
is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three
friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
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What then shall I do when (k) God riseth up? and when he visiteth,
what shall I answer him?
(k) If I had oppressed others, how would I have escaped God's
judgment....
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(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have
laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto
another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
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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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WHAT THEN SHALL I DO WHEN GOD RISETH UP?.... That is, if he had
despised and rejected the cause of his servants, or had neglected, or
refused to do them justice; he signifies he should be at the utmos...
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What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what
shall I answer him?
Ver. 14. _What then shall I do when God riseth up, &c._] Job
considered that he had a Master in heaven, Colossi...
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_If I did despise the cause of my man-servant_ If I used my power over
him to overthrow him and his just rights; _when they contended with
me_ Either for requiring more work from them than they could...
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JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
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Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the
defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than
that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
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9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust
is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It
consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste....
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WHEN GOD RISETH UP, to wit, to plead the cause of the oppressed
against the oppressor, and to execute judgment, as this phrase is
used, PSALMS 68:1 MALACHI 2:13, and elsewhere. I used my servant like...
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Job 31:14 do H6213 (H8799) God H410 up H6965 (H8799) punishes H6485
(H8799) answer H7725 (H8686)
What then - Job 9:32, Job 10:2; Psalms 7:6, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 9:19,...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is
willing to know the worst of himse...
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Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin;
but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and
spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
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_I made a covenant with mine eyes._
GUARD THE SENSES
Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s
landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._)
METHODS OF MORAL...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:13 Job met the needs of his servants, so that
they would not have a COMPLAINT against him for which he would have no
ANSWER for God.
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_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_
Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended
declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial
reference to his _privat...
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EXPOSITION
The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He
winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of
wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31.
Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his
last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding,
actua...
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Hosea 9:7; Isaiah 10:3; James 2:13; Job 10:2; Job 9:32; Micah 7:4;
Mark 7:2; Psalms 10:12; Psalms 143:2; Psalms 44:21;...