“ Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? ”
Shall not his excellency - His exaltation שׂאת ś e 'êth from נשׂא nâśâ' to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty, Genesis 49:3 . Make you afraid - Fill you with awe and reveren...
Job has shown that he can speak of God's working in the world; the friends, however, offer an apology for God, which He Himself must reject. I am not inferior to you in knowledge, says Job ( Job 13:2...
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? His dread fall upon you? - The very apprehension of his wrath is sufficient to crush you to nothing.
Shall not his excellency, &c.— His majesty shall wholly confound you, and his terror shall fall upon you; Job 13:12 . Your boasting shall be like unto dust; your pride like a heap of sand,...
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Make you afraid? - namely, of employing sophis...
Job's Third Speech (continued) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favo...
XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he...
“Though He Slay Me” Job 13:1-28 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4-12 . Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his sins, for which he...
Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pas...
(1) В¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. (2) What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. (3) Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I d...
Shall not his excellency make you afraid ,.... To commit sin, any sin, and particularly that just mentioned, which they might expect to be reproved for; there is an excellency in the name of God, wh...
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Ver. 11. Shall not his excellency make you afraid? ] Heb. His highness, his majesty, his surpassing sublimity and transcenden...
Shall not his excellency His infinite wisdom, which sees your secret falsehood, and his justice and power, which can and will punish you for it; make you afraid? Of speaking rashly or falsely of...
JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and underst...
Job's Reply to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath he...
His excellency; his infinite wisdom, which sees your secret falsehoods; and his justice and power, which can and will punish you for it. Make you afraid of speaking rashly or falsely of his ways...
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends ( Job 13:1-2 ). “Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumsta...
Job 13:4 . Forgers of lies, misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , He will surely reprove you, though under a specious veil you accept of persons. Job 13:12 . Your remembrance...
EXPOSITION Job 13:1 , Job 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1-18 . are closely connected with Job 12:1-18 ; forming the natural termination to the first section of Job's argument,...
Job Defends God Against the Suspicion of Arbitrariness
Exodus 15:16 ; Isaiah 8:13 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Jeremiah 5:22 ; Job 13:21 ; Matthew 10:28 ; Psalms 119:120 ; Revelation 15:3 ; Revelation 15:4