Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish … – Of the man who was falsely accused, and who was in danger of being condemned, or of him who was exposed to death by poverty and want.
And I caused the widows heart to sing for joy – By becoming her patron and friend; by vindicating her cause, and saving her from the oppressive exactions of others; compare Isa 1:17.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish.
The blessedness of doing good
I. Job had the blessing of those ready to perish.
1. A man may be ready to perish through adverse circumstances.
2. Or by some imminent danger and peril to which he is exposed.
3. In such cases men of pure benevolence interpose to save the poor unhappy wretch who is ready to perish.
4. How many in the moral world are ready to perish by their sins and iniquities. The blessing of him who is ready to perish comes on the man who relieves the needy, rescues them that are exposed to danger, and who converteth a sinner from the error of his ways.
II. Job had caused the widows heart to sing for joy.
1. Widows are placed in very distressing circumstances.
2. Often she has a large family left to her care.
3. The world is ever ready to take advantage of a desolate widow.
4. Job was kind to widows in the days of his prosperity. His conduct was generous and noble, and worthy of a great and good man. Let us imitate the example of Job. Inferences–
(1) Acts of benevolence are good proofs of a renewed heart.
(2) Those who are kind to others will be abundantly repaid.
(3) In the day of judgment works of mercy will be brought forward as evidences of piety. (Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons.)
Rescue the perishing
I. An urgent necessity. Ready to perish. Oh that we all might go to the help of the poor, who are ready to perish in the midst of the ocean of drunkenness, misery, and wretchedness. There is a want of sympathy. We find it in all classes. Men are perishing about us for want of the power of the Gospel.
II. An assured recompense. There is a sure recompense, if you will do Gods bidding. Be an enthusiast. Seek out the perishing people, and risk yourselves in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ.
III. A personal enjoyment. There has been One who, in order to save you, gave Himself. Let your blessing come upon Him as you stand in faith at the foot of the Cross. This personal enjoyment can only come to us when we are true Christians. (William Birch.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
The blessing, wherewith both he and others for his sake blessed me, and begged that God would bless me.
To perish; to lose his life or estate by the malice and tyranny of wicked men.
The widows heart; who are the common objects of injuries and oppressions, because for the most part they are unable, either to offend those who molest them, or to defend themselves from their violence.
To sing for joy, for her great and unexpected deliverance.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13. So far was I from sending”widows” away empty (Job22:9).
ready to perish (Pr31:6).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me,…. That were ready to perish through the oppression of others, or through want of the necessaries of life, or through false charges brought, and through false witness bore against them, and so liable to a sentence of condemnation to death, or having it passed upon them; but Job taking their part, and searching thoroughly into their cause, not only respited them from destruction, but cleared them from the charges laid against them, and which brought the blessing of those persons on him; who blessed God for him, and blessed him, wished a blessing on him in their prayers to God, who had been such a happy instrument of their deliverance from ruin and destruction; see Pr 24:11;
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy; by relieving her wants, defending her cause, and punishing those that oppressed her; which is the reverse of the character Eliphaz gives of Job, Job 22:9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Ver. 13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ] Such poor creatures as were destined to destruction, and seasonably delivered by my means, gave me their good words and wishes; yea, they cried me up for their gracious deliverer, with a courage, as the Grecians did Flaminius, the Roman general, as the Christian captives did Hunniades, who had set them at liberty from Turkish slavery; as the drowning man pulled out of the water by King Alphonsus, cried, Arragon, Arragon; and as the Italian prisoners in ‘88, released and sent home by Queen Elizabeth, sainted her, and said, That although they were Papists, yet they would worship no saint but her.
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy] sc. By ready righting her upon her adversary; and this out of conscience of duty, and not for her importunity, as that unjust judge, Luk 18:5 , or because she conjured him to it, as that widow did Adrian the emperor, to whom, when he had answered, That he was not at leisure to hear her cause, she boldly replied, K B , Then lay down the empire. Whereupon he turned again, and did her right, and sent her away a joyful woman (Dio in Adrian).
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The blessing: Deu 24:13, Act 9:39-41, 2Co 9:12-14, 2Ti 1:16-18
ready: Job 31:19, Deu 26:5, Pro 31:6-9, Isa 27:13
I caused: Deu 16:11, Neh 8:10-12, Phm 1:7
sing: Psa 67:4, Isa 65:14
Reciprocal: Rth 2:20 – Blessed Neh 11:2 – blessed Job 22:9 – widows Job 24:21 – doeth not Job 31:17 – the fatherless Job 34:28 – they Psa 68:5 – a judge Pro 10:6 – Blessings Pro 11:25 – liberal soul Pro 11:26 – blessing Mat 25:35 – I was an Luk 7:12 – a widow Luk 14:13 – call Luk 18:3 – a widow Act 6:1 – their Act 9:41 – widows 1Ti 5:3 – widows Jam 1:27 – To visit
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 29:13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish Who was in danger of losing his life or estate, by the malice and tyranny of wicked men; came upon me Both he, and others for his sake, blessed me, and begged that God would bless me. I caused the widows heart to sing for joy For her great and unexpected deliverance. Widows are the common objects of injuries and oppressions, because they are generally unable to defend themselves from the violence of their oppressors, or to offend those who molest them.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
29:13 {k} The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
(k) That is, I helped him who was in distress, and so he had cause to praise me.