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Clean Hands—Job_17:9 We met with a little anecdote the other day, which contains internal evidence of being derived from an American publication, and which we repeat for the entertainment of our more juvenile readers. “A little boy (whose name I shall call John) was observed to wash his hands many times in a day—a most … Continue reading ““463. CLEAN HANDS—JOB 17:9””

The Tree—Job_14:7-12 Job’s reply to Zophar’s short address extends through three chapters. It is highly animated, and almost exhaustive of the argument he maintains. He enters more keenly into the spirit of the debate as an argument, and is hence drawn somewhat more out of himself than hitherto, and goes farther a-field in thought and … Continue reading ““459. THE TREE—JOB 14:7-12””

Heaps—Job 15-21 All the three friends have now spoken, and Job has replied to them all in turn. The first series of the discussion may, therefore, be considered to have closed with the last chapter, and the second to commence with the one before us. In this the friends have but little to say, and … Continue reading ““460. HEAPS—JOB 15-21””

The Post—Job 9 Job’s reply to Bildad is in terms more quiet than his previous utterances, but there is the same spirit essentially at work which at length brings him to the very point of condemning God that he may justify himself. He does not directly call in question the truth or authority of the … Continue reading ““457. THE POST—JOB 9””

The Wild Ass—Job 11 Zophar, the Naamathite, is the next to take up the lance against the unhappy Job, and he seems to us to exhibit, at the outset, more of personal exasperation against him than any of the other parties in this great tournament of talk. It must be allowed, however, that delicacy of … Continue reading ““458. THE WILD ASS—JOB 11””

Night Terrors—Job 6; Job 7 The harsh censures and severe insinuations of Eliphaz seem to have opened Job’s eyes to the fact, that his own previous language had been too bold and inconsiderate. It often happens that men do not feel the complete force and meaning of their own expressions, until they witness the effect … Continue reading ““455. NIGHT TERRORS—JOB 6; JOB 7””

Roots—Job 8 Bildad the Shuhite now comes forward to rebuke his fallen friend, and to vindicate, as he supposes, the ways of God. “There is,” as Chalmers remarks, “sound general truth in Bildad’s affirmation respecting the dealings of God with the upright and the evil;” but the application of this “general truth” to Job in … Continue reading ““456. ROOTS—JOB 8””

The Vision—Job_4:15 The reply to Job by Eliphaz occupies the fourth and fifth chapters of the book. It is not to be denied that his arguments are weighty, and are urged with much force of sentiment and beauty of language—wanting, indeed, nothing but correctness of application. It would appear as if one source of the … Continue reading ““452. THE VISION—JOB 4:15””

Marvellous Things—Job_5:9 In the progress of his argument, the mind of Eliphaz is dilated with the strong conception of the greatness and wisdom of God as evinced in his works of creation—touching thus incidentally upon that branch of the great argument, which is more adequately produced by the Lord himself towards the close. God, he … Continue reading ““453. MARVELLOUS THINGS—JOB 5:9””

Job 6-16 : Fifth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO