“ And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? ”
And where is now my hope? - What hope have I of life? What possibility is there of my escape from death? Who shall see it? - That is, who will see any hopes that I may now cherish fulfilled....
Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now die. Job 17:2 is obscure; the general sense...
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? And where is now my hope? - In the circumstances in which I am found, of what use can hope be? Were I to form the expectation of future g...
And where is now my hope?— The repetition of the word hope is extremely elegant in this place. The two verses may be thus connoted; Where now, pray, can be my hope? my hope indeed! whoever have...
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? And where. Where, then is my hope? The apodosis to Job 17:13-14 . Who shall see at-fulfilled? namely, the "hope" ( Job 11:18 ) whi...
Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, and he rejects their promises of restoration in the...
XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom of insolent evildoers described again and again i...
“The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9 He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if only he were delivered from their mockery; and asks t...
Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise man." And yet he struggled through the unutterabl...
(11) My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. (12) They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. (13) If I wait, the grave is mine house:...
And where [is] now my hope ?.... Not the grace of hope, which was in his heart; and though it might sometimes be low in exercise, it could not be lost; it is an anchor, sure and steadfast, and is on...
And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? Ver. 15. And where is now my hope? &c. ] Heb. And where is my hope? sc. of restoration to my pristine prosperity, which you have...
I have said to corruption Hebrew, קראתי, karati, I have called to corruption; to the grave, where the body will be dissolved and become corrupt. Thou art my father I am near akin to thee, being...
Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what he had once enjoyed. "My spirit is broken, my days...
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. B. C. 1520. 10 But as...
Where is now my hope? and what then is become of that hope which you advised me to entertain? My hope, i.e. the fulfilling of my hope, or the happiness which you would have me expect; hope being...
CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is destroyed’), my days are extinct (or, extinguished,...
Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my repose. Why then make a jest of me, while my eye we...
And where is now my hope? Where now my hope I. Occasions in life which force upon us this inquiry. 1. In those seasons when the troubles of life press heavily. 2. When our human dependenc...
EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupied mainly with Job's complaints of his treatment b...
Job's Hopelessness in his Affliction
Job 13:15 ; Job 19:10 ; Job 4:6 ; Job 6:11
Hope — The happiness you would have me expect.