Bible Commentary

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will]. 13. that I may speak ] Emphasis on I, that I now may speak. The last clause intimates his resolve to speak at all risks. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 13 22. Job now turns … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:13”

Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. 12. This verse reads, Your remembrances shall be proverbs of ashes, Your defences defences of dust. The term “remembrances” means their traditional sayings, remembered from antiquity, their maxims, such as Bildad adduced, ch. 8, and Eliphaz with his Remember now! ch. Job 4:7; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:12”

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? 11. his excellency ] His majesty affright you. They shall be paralyzed when they stand before God who searches the heart. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Shall not his excellency – His exaltation se‘eth from nasa’ to exalt, to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:11”

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. 10. God’s rectitude and impartiality are such that He will punish partiality shewn even for Himself a statement which, when taken along with the imputations which Job has cast on God, shews a singular condition of his mind. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:10”

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him? 9. Is it good ] The words may mean, will it be well (for you) that He should search (or, when He shall search)? or as ch. Job 10:3, do you like that He should … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:9”

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 8. The same charge put more explicitly. To accept the person of one is to be partial on his side, cf. Job 13:10. contend for God ] i. e. will ye play the advocate for God? The charge made against his friends by Job is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:8”

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 7. speak wickedly ] Or, wrongously, lit. speak iniquity, ch. Job 5:16, cf. Zophar’s recommendation to Job, ch. Job 11:14. For God means in His behalf, in His defence; and the words for God are emphatic. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:7”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:6”

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 5. This verse is suggested by the last clause of the preceding their impotence to help was such that their silence would be the most helpful thing they could offer. There is a final sarcasm at Zophar’s speech in the reference … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:5”

But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value. 4. but ye are forgers of lies ] The but in Job 13:3 had for its background the knowledge of the Divine wisdom ( Job 13:1-2); Job knows this well, but for all his knowledge of it he desires to plead his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 13:4”