Lamentation—Job_3:6 The regions which might be expected to supply the most striking parallels to the lamentations of Job over his forlorn estate, are far more wanting in them than any ancient or modern pagan, or—we grieve to say—any Christian country. They are under the Mohammedan law, which enjoins nothing more stringently than submission to the … Continue reading ““450. LAMENTATION—JOB 3:6””
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“451. DESOLATE PLACES—JOB 3:13-14”
Desolate Places—Job_3:13-14 In the latter part of his discourse, Job, amid the torture of his afflictions, gloats over ideas of rest—of that rest and immunity from all pain, which he would at this time have possessed, had he died in the early morning of his existence. This is, of course, a low idea of rest; … Continue reading ““451. DESOLATE PLACES—JOB 3:13-14””
“448. THE FRIENDS—JOB 2:11”
The Friends—Job_2:11 On the day before the last, our attention was directed to the circumstances attending the visit of the three friends of Job. Today we may consider the character and temper of the men, so far as these can be collected from the language they employ in their discussions with Job. Eliphaz the Temanite … Continue reading ““448. THE FRIENDS—JOB 2:11””
“449. THE OUTBREAK—JOB 3”
The Outbreak—Job 3 The long silence is at last broken. It is Job that speaks. Hear him. Is this the man who but lately uttered in his deep distress, words worthy of being engraven upon the rocks, and fit to be proclaimed over our graves? We may almost, at the first view, say with his … Continue reading ““449. THE OUTBREAK—JOB 3””
“446. JOB 2-5 : FOURTH WEEK”
Job 2-5 : Fourth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO
“447. THE PRAISE—JOB 2:10”
The Praise—Job_2:10 As we now approach the great discussion between Job and his friends, we desire to direct the reader’s attention to a significant matter, which seems of special interest for the right understanding of the controversy. At the close of the account of Job’s first trial, and the manner in which he sustained it, … Continue reading ““447. THE PRAISE—JOB 2:10””
“443. THE POTSHERD AND THE ASHES—JOB 2:8”
The Potsherd and the Ashes—Job_2:8 It is related that, being reduced to the miserable and forlorn condition we have described, Job “took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and he sat down among the ashes.” The first of these circumstances vividly and painfully impresses us with a sense of the wretched condition to which Job’s … Continue reading ““443. THE POTSHERD AND THE ASHES—JOB 2:8””
“444. JOB’S WIFE—JOB 2:9-10”
Job’s Wife—Job_2:9-10 We now learn that amid all Job’s afflictions his wife had been spared to him. At this we begin to rejoice, and to take comfort for him. All is not lost. He is not yet utterly forlorn. This best of earthly friends, his truest comforter, his help-meet, is left to him. She is … Continue reading ““444. JOB’S WIFE—JOB 2:9-10””
“445. THE VISIT—JOB 2:11-13”
The Visit—Job_2:11-13 Such a man as Job could not but have had many friends; and, ere long, the report of the extraordinary succession of calamities which had befallen a man so renowned in all the east country for his possessions, and so eminent for his virtues, spread afar through all that region. It reached the … Continue reading ““445. THE VISIT—JOB 2:11-13””
“441. SKIN FOR SKIN—JOB 2:1-6”
Skin for Skin—Job_2:1-6 Once more the sacred writer conducts us to the courts of heaven. Satan is there; and the Voice from the throne speaks to him respecting Job, declaring emphatically, that there was “none like him in the earth;” and, alluding to the late transactions, the Lord says—“And still he holdeth fast his integrity, … Continue reading ““441. SKIN FOR SKIN—JOB 2:1-6””