Bible Commentary

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not. 8. are upon me, and I am not ] Perhaps rather, shall be upon me and I shall not be; God will look for him, enquiring, it may be, after the work of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:8”

O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 7. This feeling of the hopeless brevity of his life overwhelms the sufferer, and he turns in supplication to God, beseeching Him, the Everlasting, to think how swiftly his mortal life passes, cf. Psa 102:11. see good ] i. e. happiness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:7”

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 6. By his “days” is meant his life as a whole, not his individual days, which are far from passing quickly ( Job 7:4); and “are spent” means, have been consumed (as Job 7:9), or, are come to an end (Gen 21:15). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:6”

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 5. with worms and clods of dust ] His ulcers bred worms; and the hard earthy-like crust of his sores he calls lumps of dust. is broken, and become loathsome ] Rather, my skin closes and breaks afresh … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:5”

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 4, 5. A graphic account of his condition under his malady. Job 7:4 should probably be rendered, When I lie down I say, When shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:4”

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 3. made to possess ] lit. made to inherit. They are laid on him by the will of another. Job narrows his view here from the lot of men in general to his own. He is one of an … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:3”

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work: 2. With slight change the verse reads, As a slave who panteth for the shadow, And as an hireling who looketh, &c. The slave in the heat and under his hard toil pants for the shadow of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:2”

[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling? 1. The connexion is with the preceding verses ch. Job 6:28-30, which express the thought of Job’s innocence, and the thought that in spite of his innocence he is miserably plagued. Under this feeling … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 7:1”

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? 30. In Job 6:28 Job asseverated that he spoke truth in affirming his innocence. In Job 6:29 he affirmed that he had right on his side in his plea against God, in other words that he was wrongly afflicted. This verse, therefore, can … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:30”

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it. 29. Return, I pray you ] The verse means, Turn, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Turn again, I say; my cause is righteous. The word “turn” appears to mean not “begin anew,” but “adopt another … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:29”