“ My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. ”
My lips shall not speak wickedness - This solemn profession made on oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends in regard to him, and to show that they had been mistaken...
(b) My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. (b) However men judge me, yet will I not speak contrary to that which I have said, and so do wickedly in betraying the truth.
Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers, Job 27:3 ) tells the truth ( Job 27:4 ). God forbid that he...
wickedness. Hebrew. 'aval . App-44.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. My lips shall not speak wickedness - As I have hitherto lived in all good conscience before God, as he knoweth, so will I continue to l...
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. ( Job 6:28 ; Job 6:30 .) The "deceit" would be, if he were to admit guilt, against the witness of his conscience.
Job's Eighth Speech (concluded) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1-6 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said ( Job 13:16 ) of his determination not to admit that he was...
XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1-14 ; Job 27:1-23 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the...
the Justice of God Job 27:1-23 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10 . He denies th...
There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. Th...
(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not spea...
My lips shall not speak wickedness ,.... This is the thing he swears to, this the matter of his oath, not only that he would not speak a wicked word not anything corrupt, unsavoury, unchaste, profan...
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Ver. 4. My lips shall not speak wickedness ] Which I should do, should I, contrary to that which the Spirit of God witnesseth to my...
Job continued his parable His grave and weighty discourse. As God liveth He confirms the truth of his expressions by an oath, because he found them very backward to believe what he professed. Wh...
HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the d...
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. B. C. 1520. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, a...
I will speak nothing but the truth with all plainness and impartiality, neither defending myself and cause by vain and false professions of those virtues or graces which I know I have not; nor yet, i...
JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, the...
Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
Job 27:1 . Parable, equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2 . God hath taken away my judgment. The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so h...
Moreover Job continued his parable. Points in Job’s parable I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief-- 1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny...
EXPOSITION Job 27:1-18 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6 , Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possibl...
Job's Again Protests his Innocence
2 Corinthians 11:10 ; Job 13:7 ; Job 34:6 ; John 8:55