“ I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. ”
I would order my cause before him - Compare the notes at Isaiah 43:26 . That is, I would arrange my arguments, or plead my cause, as one does in a court of justice. I would suggest the considera...
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...
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Order - state methodically ( Job 13:3 ; Job 13:18 ; Isaiah 43:26 ). Fill ... - I would have abundance of arguments t...
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...
(1) В¶ Then Job answered and said, (2) Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. (3) Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! (4) I w...
I would order [my] cause before him ,.... Either, as a praying person, direct his prayer to him, and set it in order before him, see Psalms 5:3 ; or else as pleading in his own defence, and in just...
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Ver. 4. I would order my cause before him ] I would not stick to approach to his tribunal, there to plead my cause (not again...
O that I knew where I might find him! Namely, God, as his friends well knew. Thou advisest me to acquaint myself with him, I desire nothing so much as his acquaintance and presence; but, alas! he h...
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...
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. B. C. 1520. 1 Then Job answere...
I would orderly declare the things which concern and prove the right of my cause; not only debating the controversy between my friends and me, concerning my sincerity or hypocrisy before God, as a...
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...
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him. The cry for restored relations with God The language of the text is exclusively that of men on the earth,--although it also characterises the state and f...
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 Desires a Judicial Decision of God
Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Exodus 32:12 ; Exodus 32:13 ; Genesis 18:25-32 ; Genesis 32:12 ; Isaiah 43:26 ; Job 13:18 ; Job 37:19 ; Joshua 7:8 ; Joshua 7:9 ; Numbers 14:13-19 ; Psalms 25...
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....