“ And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. ”
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth - Noyes renders this, “And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away.” Dr. Good translates it, “Well may he dissolve as corrupttion.” Rosenmuller supposes...
He, &c. . they (my feet) waste away.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. And he, as a rotten thing - I am like a vessel made of skin; rotten, because of old age, or like a garment corroded by the moth....
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Job speaks of himself in the third person, thus forming the transition to the general lot of man ( Job 14:1 ; Psalms 39:...
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...
REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I pause over this view of Job's confidence, and ask our own hearts whether, in our approaches now in ordinances, and looking forward to our appearance shortly before...
And he as a rotten thing consumeth ,.... This by some Jewish writers z is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, Job 13:25 ; and so the sense is, th...
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Ver. 28. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth ] Heb. Waxeth old. He, that is, this poor man, this silly wretch, as David spea...
And he, as a rotten thing That is, man, as some commentators suppose, thinking that Job speaks of himself in the third person, and that the sense is, this poor frail creature, this carcass, or body...
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...
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf drive...
He; either, 1. Man, or Job, supposed to be God's adversary in this contest. So he speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, he , i.e. th...
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...
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten. Rotten establishments “A revival of commercial confidence cannot be expected so long as rotten trading establishments cont...
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
Hosea 5:12 ; Job 30:17-19 ; Job 30:29 ; Job 30:30 ; Job 4:19 ; Numbers 12:12 ; Psalms 39:11
He — He speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, he, this poor frail creature, this body of mine; which possibly he pointed at with his fi...