Bible Commentary

[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 20 22. He begs for a little easing of his pain ere he departs to the land of darkness. are not my days few ] The same argument as ch. Job 7:16. cease then, and let me … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:20”

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave – See the notes at Job 3:16. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 19. I should have been as though] Had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:19”

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 18, 19. Perplexed even to despair by this idea of the purpose of God Job asks, Why God ever gave him existence at all? and as in ch. Job 3:11 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:18”

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me. 17. thou renewest ] wouldst renew. Similarly, and increase. All the verbs in these verses ( Job 10:14-17) are to be translated from the point of view of God’s intention cherished beforehand with regard to Job. This … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:17”

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvelous upon me. 16. This verse reads, and if it (i. e. my head) should lift itself up, thou wouldst hunt me as a fierce lion, and again shew &c. Cf. the figure of a wild beast again, ch. Job … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:16”

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 15. if I be wicked ] Better, were I wicked guilty of great offences. Job cannot express what would be the punishment of greater sins … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:15”

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 14. If I sin, then thou markest ] Rather, if I sinned then thou wouldst mark. Similarly, wouldst not acquit. “To sin” here appears to mean, to be guilty of trivial sins (ch. Job 7:20, Job 13:26); if he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:14”

And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee. 13. and these things hast thou hid ] Better perhaps, but these things didst thou hide. this is with thee ] Rather, this was with thee, was thy purpose, and in thy thoughts, cf. ch. Job 9:35. “These things” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:13”

Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 12. granted me life and favour ] i. e. granted me life and shewn me loving kindness. The verse speaks of God’s dealing with Job from the time he was born and became a living man. thy visitation ] i. e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:12”

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 11. fenced me ] Rather, woven, or, knit me. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh – This refers, undoubtedly, to the formation of man in his foetal existence, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 10:11”