Job 27:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. ”

Job 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let mine enemy be as the wicked - This is probably said that he might show that it was not his intention to justify the wicked, and that in all that he had said it was no part of his purpose to e...
Job 27:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Third Speech of Zophar. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27...
Job 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. Let mine enemy be as the wicked - Let my accuser be proved a lying and perjured man, because he has laid to my ch...
Job 27:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God forbid that I should justify you— See the note on chap. Job 2:9 . This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith, and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself aga...
Job 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. Let ... be - let mine enemy be accounted as wicked; i:e., He who opposes my asseveration of innocence mus...
Job 27:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let mine enemy be as the wicked. — While, however, he admits that the wicked is often a prosperous man, he declares that he has no envy for him, but would have only his adversaries to be like him.
Job 27:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Job 27:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Job 27:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 27:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Job 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let mine enemy be as the wicked ,.... Job in this, and some following verses, shows, that he was not, and could not, and would not be a wicked man and an hypocrite, or however had no opinion and lik...
Job 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. Ver. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked ] q.d. I need wish my greatest enemy no greater harm than to be as t...
Job 27:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let mine enemy be as the wicked I am so far from loving and practising wickedness, whereof you accuse me, that I abhor the thoughts of it; and if I might and should wish to be revenged of mine enem...
Job 27:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Condition of Hypocrites. B. C. 1520. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that ri...
Job 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am so far from loving and practising wickedness, whereof you accuse me, that I abhor the thoughts of it; and if I might and would wish to be revenged of mine enemy, I could wish him no greater misc...
Job 27:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Job 27:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 27:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 27:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 27:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 27:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Again Protests his Innocence
Job 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:26 ; 2 Samuel 18:32 ; Daniel 4:19
Job 27:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let — I am so far from practicing wickedness, that I abhor the thoughts of it, and if I would wish to be revenged of my enemy, I could wish him no greater mischief than to be a wicked man.

Job 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 27:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 27:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 27:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 27:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 27:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 27:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 27:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 27:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 27:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 27:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 27:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 27:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 27:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 27:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 27:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 27:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes