Bible Commentary

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee – This is language taken from courts of justice. It refers, probably, not to a future time, but to the present. Call thou now, and I will respond. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:15”

If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. If a man die, shall he live again? – This is a sudden transition in the thought. He had unconsciously worked himself up almost to the belief that man might live again even … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:14”

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 13 15. Having pursued the destiny of man through all its steps down to its lowest, its complete extinction in death, Job, with a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:13”

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 12. till the heavens be no more ] i. e. never; cf. Psa 72:7, Till there be no moon. The heavens are eternal, cf. Jer 31:35-36; Psa 89:29; Psa 89:36-37. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:12”

[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 11. fail from the sea ] i. e. the inland sea or pool, cf. Isa 19:5; so in Arabic bahr, sea, is any mass of water whether salt or fresh, and also a river. the flood ] the stream. A graphic … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:11”

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he? 10. wasteth away] lit. is laid prostrate. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges But man dieth and wasteth away – Margin, Is weakened, or cut off. The Hebrew word ( chalash) means to overthrow, prostrate, discomfit; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:10”

[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 9. like a plant ] i. e. a fresh and new plant; it begins a new life again. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Yet through the scent of water – The word here rendered scent ( … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:9”

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Though the root thereof wax old – Though life becomes almost extinct. The idea is, though the root of the tree be very old, yet it does not become wholly lifeless. It is not like an old man, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:8”

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 7. For there is hope of a tree, if ] lit. for a tree hath hope; if it be cut down it will sprout again &c. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:7”

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 6. turn from him ] lit. look away from him, cf. ch. Job 7:19, Job 10:20. turn thy keen scrutiny away from him. may rest ] i. e. have peace, from unwonted affliction. till he shall accomplish ] Or, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 14:6”