Job 10:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. ”

Job 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou knowest that I am not wicked - That is, that I am not a hypocrite, or an impenitent sinner. Job did not claim perfection (see the note at Job 9:20 ), but he maintained through all this argu...
Job 10:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou knowest that I am not (i) wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand. (i) By affliction you keep me as in a prison, and restrain me from doing evil, neither can any set me f...
Job 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job's tone becomes sharper. He accuses God of having created him only to torment him. What profit is there to God in destroying the work that has cost Him so much pains? ( Job 10:3 )? Is God short-si...
Job 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wicked. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
Job 10:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 461 CONSCIOS INTEGRITY Job 10:7 . Thou knowest that I am not wicked . PAINFUL as the consideration of God’s omniscience must be to the wicked, it is a rich source of consolation to t...
Job 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou knowest that I am not wicked - While thou hast this knowledge of me and my conduct, why appear to be si...
Job 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou knowest that I am not wicked— Flagitious. Houbigant. Guilty of atrocious and enormous crimes. It would be injurious to the character of Job, says Mr. Peters, should we interpret in a sever...
Job 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou (the Omniscient) knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine ha...
Job 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Second Speech (concluded) 1-7. Job seeks the reason of his trial, and protests against God's treatment as inconsistent with the natural relations between Creator and created, and with God's...
Job 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That I am not wicked. — The meaning is rather, that I shall not be found guilty. It is not like the appeal of Peter ( John 21:17 ). See the language borrowed by the Psalmist ( Psalms 119:73 ).
Job 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN Job 9:1-35 ; Job 10:1-22 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply...
Job 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Soul Bitterness Job 10:1-22 In this chapter Job accuses God of persecuting His own workmanship, Job 20:3 ; of pursuing him with repeated strokes, as if he had not time enough to wait between t...
Job 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Notwithstanding all this, Job appealed to God. Turning from his answer to Bildad, he poured out his agony as in the presence of the Most High. It was by no means a hopeful appeal, but it was an appea...
Job 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. When Job saith, as here, I am not wicked, we should compare it with what he had said before, in order to...
Job 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou knowest that I am not wicked ,.... Or "in", or "upon thy knowledge a [it is] that I am not wicked"; it is a thing well known, quite clear, and manifest, without making such a search and inquiry...
Job 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand. Ver. 7. Thou knowest that I am not wicked ] A lewd liver, and a rank hypocrite, as these men would make o...
Job 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That thou inquirest, &c., and searchest after my sin Keeping me so long upon the rack, to compel me to accuse myself. Thou knowest I am not wicked That is a hypocrite, or an ungodly man, as m...
Job 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AN ATTEMPT TO REASON WITH GOD (vv.1-22) Since there was no mediator, Job in this chapter (from verse 2 on) directs all of his words directly to God, reasoning with Him as regards why God should...
Job 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Reply to Bildad. B. C. 1520. 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my compla...
Job 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am not wicked, i.e. a hypocrite, or an ungodly man, as my friends account me; and therefore deal not with me as such. There is none that can deliver out of thine hand: the sense is, either, 1...
Job 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD—CONTINUED His speech takes the form rather of an expostulation with God in regard to his afflictions. The vehemence of his spirit reaches its height in this chapter. Does n...
Job 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 10:1 . I will leave my complaint upon myself. These words seem to imply, that he would bear his complaint in silence; but it immediately follows, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. O...
Job 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress? Job’s mistaken views of his sufferings I. As inconsistent with all his ideas of his Maker. 1. As inconsistent with His goodness. “Is it good...
Job 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 10:1-18 Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God. There is not much that is nov...
Job 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Prayer for Enlightenment. Job now launches forth into a pitiful complaint, addressing God Himself on the great severity with which He was treating him, although He knew that he was innocent...
Job 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; Daniel 3:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Hosea 2:10 ; Job 23:10 ; Job 23:13 ; Job 23:14 ; Job 31:14 ; Job 31:35 ; Job 31:6 ; Job 42:7 ; John 10:28-30...
Job 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wicked — An hypocrite, as my friends account me. Deliver — But thou art the supreme ruler of the world; therefore I must wait thy time, and throw myself on thy mercy, in submission to thy sovereign...

Job 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 10:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 10:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes