“ Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. ”
I have ordered my cause - literally. “judgment?” - משׁפט mı̂shpâṭ . The Septuagint renders it, “I am near ( ἐγγύς εἰμί engus eimi ) to my judgment,” or my trial. The meaning may be...
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be (g) justified. (g) That is, cleared and not cut off for my sins, as you think.
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...
ordered . set in order.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Behold now, I have ordered - I am now ready to come into court, and care not how many I have to contend with, provided they sp...
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Ordered - implying a constant preparation for defense in his confidence of innocence.
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...
(18) Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. (19) Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. One might have thought, h...
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause ,.... Or "judgment" t; that is, he had looked over his cause afresh, had reviewed the state of his case, had considered it in every light, had drawn a plan of i...
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified. Ver. 18. Behold now, I have ordered my cause ] Heb. My judgment. He had spoken before of his declaration, which is conceive...
Behold, now, I have ordered my cause Namely, in my own mind. I have seriously considered the state of my case, what can be said, either for me or against me, and am ready to plead my cause. I know...
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...
I have ordered my cause, to wit, within myself. I have seriously and sincerely considered the state of my case, and what can be said either for me or against me, and am ready to plead my cause. Ju...
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
2 Corinthians 1:12 ; Isaiah 43:26 ; Job 16:21 ; Job 23:4 ; Job 40:7 ; Job 40:8 ; Job 9:2 ; Job 9:20 ; Job 9:3 ; Romans 8:33 ; Romans 8:34
Behold — I have seriously considered the state of my case, and am ready to plead my cause.