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Verse Job 9:11. _LO, HE GOETH BY ME, AND I SEE_ HIM _NOT_] He is
incomprehensible in all his ways, and in all his works; and he must be
so it he be GOD, and _work_ as GOD; for his own nature and his
o...
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LO, HE GOETH BY ME - That is, he passes along - as in the silent
movements of the heavenly bodies. “I see the evidence of his
existence. I can see that God must be there - moving along by me in
the or...
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CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD
_ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_
2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11)
3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22)
4. Confession of we...
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JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that
the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the
general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
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LO. Figure of speech. _Asterismos_. App-6....
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This power is subtle and invisible in its presence, felt but
impossible to grasp....
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LO, HE GOETH BY ME, &C.— _Who, if he passeth by me, I cannot behold
him:_ yea, _while he glideth swiftly away, I perceive him not._
Houbigant and Heath....
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E. NOT GUILTYTHE CRIME OF INNOCENCEJOB'S CRY (Job 9:1, Job 10:22)
1. Man is no match before the all-powerful, all-wise God.
(Job 9:1-12)
TEXT 9:1-12
9 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID,
2 Of a truth I k...
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_LO, HE GOETH BY ME, AND I SEE HIM NOT: HE PASSETH ON ALSO, BUT I
PERCEIVE HIM NOT._
Lo, he goeth by me. Not only nature, but man experiences the terrors
of God's resistless power.
I SEE HIM NOT: HE...
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JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10)
Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most
difficult in the book.
Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses
them as f...
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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 9
JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
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HE PASSETH ON ALSO. — This, again, is an expression Eliphaz had used
in Job 4:15. Here in words of great sublimity Job depicts the
unapproachable majesty of God omnipotent, but invisible, and shows th...
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הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְ לֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה
וְ֝ יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽ לֹא ־אָבִ֥ין לֹֽו׃...
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X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1
Job SPEAKS
IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to
appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes;
it...
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“THE DAYSMAN”
Job 9:1
Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this
magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks
the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
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Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general
proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the
great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
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Lo, he goeth (e) by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
(e) I am not able to comprehend his works, which are common and daily
before my eyes, much less in those thing...
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_Understand, as he is a spirit; (Menochius) and not that God is
changeable, but his works and judgments are above our comprehension,
and we are always liable to change. Hence the proud erroneously thi...
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(5) Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth
them in his anger. (6) Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and
the pillars thereof tremble. (7) Which commandeth the sun, a...
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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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LO, HE GOETH BY ME, AND I SEE [HIM] NOT,.... This is expressive of the
invisibility of God; for though the angels in heaven always behold his
face, and men, in the works of creation, may see his etern...
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Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
Ver. 11. _Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not_] As he is powerful
in his deeds, so he is secret in his designs,...
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_Lo he goeth by me_ Or _besides_, or _before_ me, in my presence; that
is, he worketh by his providence in ways of mercy or judgment. _And I
see him not_ I see the effects, but I cannot understand the...
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JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION.
Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific
wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore
defends himself against this...
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HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD?
(vv.1-13)
Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than
Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it
is so," that is, h...
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God is incomprehensible. "No one can keep God from snatching someone
away, and no one can force God to answer the question, 'What art Thou
doing?'" _(p. 47)._ The human eye cannot see Him, the senses...
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1-13 In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of
God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be
just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than...
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HE GOETH, i.e. he worketh by his providence in ways of mercy or
judgment. BY ME; or, _besides_ or _before me_; in my presence. I SEE
HIM NOT; I see the effects, but I cannot understand the causes or
g...
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Job 9:11 goes H5674 (H8799) see H7200 (H8799) past H2498 (H8799)
perceive H995 (H8799)
he goeth - Job 23:8-9, Job 35:14; Psalms 77:19; 1 Timothy 6:16...
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CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad.
CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute
or combat. If God should deal with any of...
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Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain
ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where
liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
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_Which doeth great things past finding out._
JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND
He regards the Eternal as--
I. Inscrutable.
1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How
grea...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:1 Job responds, in a speech that is relentlessly
legal: ch. Job 9:1 is framed by the term CONTEND (Job 9:3; Job 10:2),
and legal terms occur throughout the chapter (e.g., Job 9:2, Jo...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_
Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice
(Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his
righteousness with God. The same, alread...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 9:1
Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but
declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to
accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
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So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2):
What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that
we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just.
Th...
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1 Timothy 6:16; Job 23:8; Job 23:9; Job 35:14; Psalms 77:19...
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Goeth — He works by his providence in ways of mercy or judgment.
Passeth — He goeth from place to place: from one action to another:
he speaks of God after the manner of men....