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IF I HAVE WITHHELD THE POOR FROM THEIR DESIRE - Job now turns to
another class of virtues, regarded also as of great importance in the
patriarchal ages, kindness to the poor and the afflicted; to the...
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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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POOR. Hebrew. _dal =_ impoverished or reduced in means. See note on
Proverbs 6:11....
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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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אִם ־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵ חֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְ
עֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃...
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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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If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow (m) to fail;
(m) By long waiting for her request....
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_Wait, and not give sentence in due time, (Haydock) but frustrated her
expectation. (Menochius)_...
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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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_A DARING APPEAL_
‘If … then!’
Job 31:16; Job 31:22
I. JOB PROTESTS THE EVEN-HANDEDNESS OF HIS DEALINGS WITH HIS
SERVANTS, alleging the principle which underlies the whole Christian
teaching on th...
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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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IF I HAVE WITHHELD THE POOR FROM [THEIR] DESIRE,.... Their reasonable
desires, and which it was in his power to grant; as when they desired
a piece of bread, being hungry, or clothes to cover them, be...
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_If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow to fail;_
Ver. 16. _If I have withheld the poor from their desire_] The poor
man speaketh supplications, he come...
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_If I have withheld the poor_, &c. If I have denied them what they
desired of me, either in justice or from necessity; for he was under
no obligation to grant their vain or inordinate desires. _Or hav...
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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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Neither had Job mistreated the widow, orphan, or those less fortunate.
In fact, earlier Eliphaz had accused Job of failing to help those in
need (Job 22:7-9). Job shared his resources, guided the wido...
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16-23 Job's conscience gave testimony concerning his just and
charitable behaviour toward the poor. He is most large upon this head,
because in this matter he was particularly accused. He was tender o...
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WITHHELD THE POOR FROM THEIR DESIRE, i.e. denied them what they
desired of me, either in justice or from necessity; for he was not
obliged to grant their vain or inordinate desires. CAUSED THE EYES OF...
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Job 31:16 kept H4513 (H8799) poor H1800 desire H2656 eyes H5869 widow
H490 fail H3615 (H8762)
withheld - Job 22:7-9; Deuteronomy 15:7-10; Psalms 112:9; Luke 16:21;
Acts 11:29
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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 31:16 The law commanded Israelites to care for the
POOR, WIDOW, FATHERLESS, and NEEDY (Exodus 22:21). Job lived this way
because he believed God weighed his actions and that CALAMITY w...
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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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Acts 11:29; Deuteronomy 15:7; Deuteronomy 28:32; Galatians 2:10;
Isaiah 38:14; Job 22:7; Lamentations 4:17; Luke 16:21; Psalms 112:9;...
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If I — Denied them what they desired of me. To fail — With tedious
expectation of my justice or charity. Job is most large upon this
head, because in this matter Eliphaz had most particularly accused...