Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 12. the knees prevent me ] Rather, receive, or meet me. The reference may be to the father’s knees, on which the new born child was laid, or more general. As to the expression, see Gen 50:23; Isa 66:12. The sufferer’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:11
Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 11 19. Would God I had died from my birth If he must be born, Job asks, Why he did not die from the womb? his eye turning to the next possibility and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:10
Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother’s] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 10. the doors of my mother’s womb ] to hinder conception or fruitfulness, Gen 20:18; 1Sa 1:5. The crime of the night is deferred to the last, and the curse closes with the mention of it. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 9. the twilight thereof ] that is, the morning twilight of that night. Let its morning stars, that should herald its day, go out as the next clause explains: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. 8. The most probable sense of this verse is, Let them that curse days curse it, Them that are skilled to rouse up the Dragon. They that curse days or the day are enchanters and magicians, who were believed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:7
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 7. be solitary ] Rather perhaps, barren, as Isa 49:21. Let it not experience a parent’s joy, and le nought that lives date its birth from it. no joyful voice ] of birthday rejoicing. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Lo, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:6
As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 6. let it not be joined unto ] Rather, let it not rejoice among. Let it not enter the joyful troop of days, glad in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 5. shadow of death stain it ] Rather, claim it, lit. redeem it. Let it become part of the possession of darkness. The word, however, does not mean re claim, as if … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 4. regard it ] lit. seek after it, or care for it. Let it perish from His mind that He cause no sun to rise upon it. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Let … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived. 3. night in which it was said ] Rather, the night which said. The night is personified and cursed as a conscious agent, responsible for Job’s existence, comp. Job 3:10. There is a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 3:3”