Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
6. hear now my reasoning ] Rather, hear now my rebuke. The reference is not to Job’s cause with God, this is not resumed till Job 13:13. He utters a formal indictment against his friends which he commands them to hear.
the pleadings of my lips ] i. e. the reproofs of my lips, their pleadings against you, or their controversy with you, cf. Deu 17:8. These reproofs now follow, Job 13:7-9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
6 12. Severe rebuke of the three friends, in which (1) they are charged with partiality for God, and with acting the advocate for Him ( Job 13:6-8); and (2) they are threatened with the chastisement of God for their insincerity, and for falsely pleading even in God’s behalf ( Job 13:9-12).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 6. Hear now my reasoning] The speeches in this book are conceived as it delivered in a court of justice, different counsellors pleading against each other. Hence most of the terms are forensic.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
i.e. Attend to it, and consider it more seriously than you have done.
The pleadings of my lips, i.e. the arguments which I shall produce.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Hear now my reasoning,…. Job entreats his friends that they would be no longer speakers, but hearers; that they would vouchsafe to sit still, and hear what he had to say; though he was greatly afflicted, he had not lost his reason, wisdom was not driven out from him, Job 6:13; he had still with him his reasoning powers, which he was capable of making use of, and even before God, and desires that they would attend to what he had to say on his own behalf:
and hearken to the pleadings of my lips; he was capable of pleading his own cause, and he was desirous of doing it before God as his Judge; and begs the favour of his friends to be silent, and hear him out, and then let judgment be given, not by them, but by God himself.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. Reasoning Better, reproof.
Job 13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Ver. 6. Hear now my reasoning, &c. ] Or, hear, I pray you. Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; suffer the word of exhortation and of reprehension; sharp though it be, and to the flesh irksome, yet suffer it, since it is for your good. Quintilian testifieth of Vespasian, that he was patientissimus veri, one that could well endure to be told the truth; but there are few Vespasians. Many people are like the nettle: touch it never so gently, it will sting you.
And hearken to the pleadings of my lips Job 21:2, Job 21:3, Job 33:1-3, Job 34:2, Jdg 9:7, Pro 8:6, Pro 8:7
Reciprocal: Job 13:17 – General Job 15:8 – thou restrain Job 15:17 – hear me Job 18:2 – How long Job 33:31 – General Job 37:19 – Teach
Job 13:6-8. Hear now my reasoning Attend to it, and consider it more seriously than you have done; and hearken to the pleadings of my lips That is, to the arguments which I shall produce. Will ye speak wickedly for God? Will you utter falsehoods upon pretence of pleasing God, or of maintaining Gods honour or righteousness? Doth he need such defences? Will ye accept his person? Not judging according to the right of the cause, but the quality of the person, as corrupt judges do. Will ye contend with God? Or, will ye plead, as the word, , teribun, is rendered, Jdg 6:31. He means, is his cause so bad as to call for your assistance to defend it? Will you plead for him, as one person pleads for another, making use of little arts and subtle contrivances in his defence? He wants no such crafty, unprincipled advocates. Job here convicts his friends of wickedness, in taking upon them to defend God in an improper manner, as if he needed their rash censures to vindicate the ways of his providence. This was such a fault, as they had but too much reason to fear might one time or other draw down his severe chastisements on their own heads. See Peters.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments