Job 23:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. ”

• Job 23:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Will he plead against me with his great power? - “ Will he make use of his mere power to overwhelm me and confound me? Will he take advantage of omnipotence to triumph over me, instead of argument...

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• Job 23:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Will he (b) plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would (c) put [strength] in me. (b) Using his absolute power and saying because I am God, I may do what I will. (c) Of his mercy he w...

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• Job 23:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. Will he plead against me - He would not exhibit his majesty and his sovereign authority to strike me dumb, or s...

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• Job 23:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. An objection suggests itself while he utters the wish ( Job 23:5 ). Do I hereby wish that He should plead ag...

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• Job 23:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 (...

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• Job 23:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Plead against me. — Rather, Would he plead with me, or contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would have regard unto me; he would consider my case. Eliphaz had bidden Job to...

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• Job 23:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “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...

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• Job 23:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• Job 23:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Will he plead against me with [his] great power ?.... God will not plead against his people at all, but for them: much less will he plead against them with his great strength, use all his power to r...

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• Job 23:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. Ver. 6. Will he plead against me with his great power? ] No; for then you were in a woe-case. For if God's b...

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• Job 23:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Will he plead against me Hebrew, יריב עמדי, jarib gnimmadi, contend with me; with his great power ברב כח, berob choach, in the greatness , or extent, of his strength. Will he use his sovereign...

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• Job 23:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. B. C. 1520.       1 Then Job answere...

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• Job 23:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Will he oppress me with his sovereign and absolute power, as men do those whom they cannot fairly and justly conquer? He would put strength in me; the word strength , or power , being fitly sup...

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• Job 23:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Job 23:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Desires a Judicial Decision of God

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• Job 23:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Ezekiel 20:33 ; Ezekiel 20:35 ; Isaiah 27:4 ; Isaiah 27:8 ; Job 13:21 ; Job 9:19 ; Job 9:33 ; Job 9:34 ; Psalms 138:3

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• Job 23:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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....

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• Job 23:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  No — He would not use his power against me, but for me; by enabling me to plead my cause, and giving sentence according to that clemency, which he uses towards his children.

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