Bible Commentary

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 18. they go to nothing ] Rather, they go up into the waste. The expression go up in Heb. is used when no ascent in the strict sense is meant; it signifies to go inland, into the interior of a region. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:18”

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. What time – In the time; or after a time. They wax warm – Gesenius renders this word ( yezorebu) when they became narrow, and this version has been adopted by Noyes. The word occurs nowhere else. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:17”

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid: 16. are blackish ] Rather, are black, that is, turbid. is hid ] lit. hides itself, that is, dissolves. Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river A moment … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:16”

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; 15. they pass away ] Better, that pass away, cf. ch. Job 11:16. The other sense, that overflow (their banks), is improbable. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges My brethren – To wit, the three friends … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:15”

To him that is afflicted pity [should be showed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 14. The most probable sense of the verse is this: Kindness from his friend is due to him that is despairing, To him that is forsaking the fear of the Almighty. The sense of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:14”

[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 13. This verse reads something as follows, Is not my help within me gone, And recovery driven away from me? Both clauses seem to refer to the exhaustion caused by his disease. He feels that all resource within himself and all possibility … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:13”

[Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass? 12. Unless his strength were that of stones or his flesh brass he could not hold out against the exhausting afflictions which he has to bear, or recover from them. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Is my strength the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:12”

What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? 11. This verse should read, What is my strength that I should wait? And what is mine end that I should be patient? His impatient cry for death and his despair are justified by his condition. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:11”

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 10. This verse reads, And I should yet have my comfort, And I would leap (for joy) amidst unsparing pain; For I have not denied the words … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:10”

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Even that it would please God to destroy me – To put me to death, and to release me from my sorrows; compare Job 3:20-21. The word rendered destroy here ( daka’) means properly to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:9”