Bible Commentary

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie. 28. The verse means as a whole, Now, therefore, be pleased to look upon me, I will not surely lie to your face! “Be pleased,” or, as we say, be good enough. “To your face,” as in ch. Job … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:28”

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend. 27. This verse probably reads, Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And bargain over your friend. A strong invective against their unfeeling behaviour. The words are severe; the preceding passage, however, in which their refusal of sympathy ( Job 6:22-23), … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:27”

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind? 26. do ye imagine ] that is, is it your purpose? think ye? and the speeches which are as wind ] Rather, though the speeches of one that is desperate go into the wind. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:26”

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 25. how forcible are right words ] Or, words of uprightness, that is honest, straightforward, close dealing with a man about himself, or his offences, sign of true friendship, Psa 141:5; cf. ch. Job 33:3, where Elihu claims to speak out of this rectitude … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:25”

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 24 27. In answer to their covert insinuations Job demands that they should bring home to him the sins of which they suspected him. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Teach me, and I will hold … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:24”

Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 23. hand of the mighty ] that is, the powerful robber, who held his captives to ransom. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Or, Deliver me out of the enemys hand? – At no time have I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:23”

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 22. a reward ] Rather, a gift. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 22, 23. He had not asked anything very great from his friends, which would have been too severe a strain on their friendship, only sympathy, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:22”

For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid. 21. ye are nothing ] Or, are become nothing. Job applies his comparison. Another reading is: ye are become it, i. e. the deceitful, disappointing brook. The general sense remains the same. my casting down ] lit. ye see a terror. Job’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:21”

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. They were confounded because they had hoped – The caravans of Tema and Sheba. The word confounded here means ashamed. It represents the state of feeling which one has who has met with disappointment. He is perplexed, distressed, and ashamed that he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:20”

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 19. Tema lies in the northern highlands of Arabia, towards the Syrian desert, Isa 21:14; Jer 25:33. On Sheba see Job 1:15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The troops of Tema looked – That is, looked for the streams of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:19”