Bible Commentary

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 29. The verse expands the words “I cry” in Job 30:28, I am a brother to the jackals, And a companion to the ostriches. The mournful howl of the jackals is elsewhere referred to, Mic 1:8; the ostrich also sends forth a weird, melancholy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:29”

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation. 28. I went mourning ] Better perhaps, I go blackened, not by the sun. The reference is to his appearance from his disease: he is black, but his blackness is not due to the sun, comp. Son 1:6. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:28”

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. 27. My bowels boiled ] Rather, boil. prevented me ] i. e. are come before me, have overtaken me. The bowels are the seat of feeling; and the words “my bowels boil” describe the tumult of feelings, griefs, regrets and pains, that worked … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:27”

When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 26. This being his feeling towards those in trouble he looked that his own prosperity would continue; his afflictions were unexpected. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges When I looked for good – When … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:26”

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor? 25. The compassion which Job seeks in his affliction it was his practice and nature to bestow. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Did not I weep … – Job here appeals to his former … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:25”

Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. 24. This obscure verse may mean, Yet doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? When he is destroyed doth he not because of this utter a cry? The word fall is lit. heap, i. e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:24”

For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living. 23. This verse explains Job 30:22 and supports it. Job knows that his afflictions can end in nothing but his death. house appointed for ] Or, house of meeting for all living, i. e. the, grave, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:23”

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance. 22. dissolvest my substance ] Rather, dissolvest me in the tempest; lit. in the roar of the storm. He is carried away and dissolved or dissipated, that is, destroyed in the whirlwind. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:22”

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. Thou art become cruel to me – Margin, turned to be. This language, applied to God, seems to be harsh and irreverent, and it may well be inquired whether the word cruel does not express an idea which Job did … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:21”

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not]. 20. This verse reads, I cry unto thee and thou dost not hear me, I stand up, and thou lookest at me. The second clause describes Job’s importunity in his appeal, but the only reply is that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 30:20”