“ Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. ”
Hear diligently my speech - That which I have made; that is, the declaration which I have made of my innocence. He refers to his solemn declaration, Job 13:15-16 that he had unwavering confiden...
Job turns to plead his cause with God. He will speak whatever it costs ( Job 13:13-15 ). This also, he says, shall be my deliverance, that a godless man will not come before Him. Job means that his d...
Hear diligently. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. "Hear ye, hearing": i.e. Listen attentively; or, give diligent heed. Compare Isaiah 6:9 . See note on Genesis 26:28 . declaration . opinio...
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. My declaration - namely, that I wish to be permitted to justify myself immediately before God. With your ears - i:e., attenti...
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...
Hear diligently my speech ,.... Or, "in hearing hear" s; meaning, not only that his friends would attentively hear him, but continue to hear him; that they would hear him out what he had to say furt...
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. Ver. 17. Hear diligently my speech ] Heb. Hearing hear, that is, incline your ears and hear, as Isaiah 55:3 . Mark and attend; hear m...
Hear diligently my speech This he desired before, ( Job 13:6 ,) and now repeats, either, because they manifested some dislike of his speech, and some desire to interrupt him; or, because he now com...
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...
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet wi...
This he desired before, Job 13:6 , and now repeateth, either because they manifested some neglect or dislike of his speech, and some desire to interrupt him; or because he now comes more closely t...
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's Comfort and Prayer
Job 13:6 ; Job 33:1
Hear — He now comes more closely to his business, the foregoing verses being mostly in way of preface.