“ My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. ”
My foot hath held his steps - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orienta...
Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints ( Job 23:2 ). Translate as mg. Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8-12 . He is still in quest of God, but now i...
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept - I have carefully marked his providential dealings; and in his way - his pure and...
My foot hath held, &c.— The division of this book into verses has obscured the sense: these two should be read thus, Job 23:11 . My foot hath trodden in his steps; I have kept his way, and ha...
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Held - fast by His steps. The law is in the Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in wh...
Job's Seventh Speech (Job 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself ( Job 23 ), and with mankind (...
XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1-17 ; Job 24:1-25 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again to...
“He Knoweth the Way That I Take” Job 23:1-17 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misun...
In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from...
(10) But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (11) My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. How delightful it is to observe,...
My foot hath held his steps ,.... Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continu...
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Ver. 11. My foot hath held his steps ] I have followed God step by step, walking as I had him for an example, and pressing his f...
My foot hath held his steps Either the steps or ways in which God himself walks; the paths of justice, mercy, and holiness, wherein Job had made it his care to walk with , or after God, as the p...
HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that...
Mystery of Providence. B. C. 1520. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; an...
My foot hath held, i.e. made a free and fixed choice, and taken fast hold of them; been firmly and strongly settled, and resolved to continue in them, as the word signifies. His steps; either,...
JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access...
Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
Job 23:3 . Oh that I knew where I might find him. Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham...
My foot hath held His steps. The fair portrait of a saint Job has, in this part of his self-defence, sketched a fine picture of a man perfect and upright before God. He has set before us the im...
EXPOSITION Verses 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence o...
Job Despairs of Finding Vindication in this Life
1 Samuel 12:2-5 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Peter 2:20-22 ; Acts 20:18 ; Acts 20:19 ; Acts 20:33 ; Acts 20:34 ; Job 17:9 ; Luke 8:13-15 ; Psalms 125:5 ; Psalms 18:20-2...
Job Challenged by Satan Job 1:1 - Job 23:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience....
Steps — The steps or paths which God hath appointed men to walk in.