Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! 8, 9. So keenly does Job realize the loathsomeness of his sufferings that he forgets his defence and breaks out into a passionate cry for death, which he calls the thing that he longs for. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:7
The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat. 7. This verse may be rendered not quite literally, My soul refuseth to touch them! Such things are like loathsome food to me. Literally, like my corrupted, or, diseased food. Job does not name his afflictions but refers to them indirectly as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:6
Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg? Can that which is unsavoury – Which is insipid, or without taste. Be eaten without salt – It is necessary to add salt in order to make it either palatable or wholesome. The literal truth … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 5, 6. Job’s complaints are proof of his pain, for does any creature complain when it has what its nature desires? The “braying” and “lowing” here are those expressing discontent or want. be eaten without salt ] Rather, can … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 4. the arrows of the Almighty ] This explains his bearing and excuses it. Everywhere Job says that it is not his afflictions in themselves that terrify him, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 3. the sand of the sea ] A frequent figure for that which is infinite in weight, Pro 27:3, or number, Gen 32:12, or measure, Jer 33:22. are swallowed up ] Rather, have been wild, or perhaps … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 2. my grief ] Rather, my impatience (ch. Job 4:2). The word expresses the whole demeanour which in ch. 3, and to the eyes of his friends, he shews under his trouble. He desires that it were weighed and also … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:1
But Job answered and said, Ch. Job 6:1-13. Job defends the violence of his complaints and his despair Eliphaz had made no reference directly to sin on Job’s part; but he drew dark pictures of the evilness of human nature before the eye of his friend, and for his advantage. Job shews a dislike to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 6:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good. Lo this – All this that I have said; the truth of all the remarks which I have made. We have searched it – We have by careful observation of the course of events come to these … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 5:27”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. 26. And finally he shall receive the crowning blessing of man on earth, to live long and die old and full of years; cf. Psa 102:24; Isa 38:10; Num 23:10. The Speaker’s Comm. quotes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 5:26”