Job 29:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. ”

Job 29:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The blessing of him that was ready to perish ... - Of the man who was falsely accused, and who was in danger of being condemned, or of him who was exposed to death by poverty and want. And I c...
Job 29:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(k) The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. (k) That is, I helped him who was in distress, and so he had cause to praise me.
Job 29:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy ( cf. Psalms 25:14 ). Job 29:7-10 ....
Job 29:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 479 JOB’S CHARACTER Job 29:11-16 . When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherle...
Job 29:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The grounds on which Job was praised ( Job 29:11 ) - his helping the afflicted ( Psalms 72:12 ),...
Job 29:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Past Greatness and Happiness Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chiefta...
Job 29:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job...
Job 29:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this c...
Job 29:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he...
Job 29:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
Job 29:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ,.... That were ready to perish through the oppression of others, or through want of the necessaries of life, or through false charges broug...
Job 29:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Ver. 13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ] Such poor creatures...
Job 29:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The blessing of him that was ready to perish Who was in danger of losing his life or estate, by the malice and tyranny of wicked men; came upon me Both he, and others for his sake, blessed me, an...
Job 29:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too...
Job 29:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refr...
Job 29:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The blessing, wherewith both he and others for his sake blessed me, and begged that God would bless me. To perish; to lose his life or estate by the malice and tyranny of wicked men. The widow's...
Job 29:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently we...
Job 29:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:3 . When his candle shined upon my head; that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights...
Job 29:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

The blessing of him that was ready to perish. The blessedness of doing good I. Job had the blessing of those ready to perish. 1. A man may be ready to perish through adverse circumstances....
Job 29:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to a...
Job 29:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
Job 29:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 9:12-14 ; 2 Timothy 1:16-18 ; Acts 9:39-41 ; Deuteronomy 16:11 ; Deuteronomy 24:13 ; Deuteronomy 26:5 ; Isaiah 27:13 ; Isaiah 65:14 ; Job 31:19 ; Nehemiah 8:10-12 ; Philemon...

Job 29:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 29:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 29:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 29:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 29:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 29:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 29:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 29:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 29:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 29:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 29:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 29:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 29:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 29:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 29:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 29:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 29:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 29:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge