Job 29:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. ”

Job 29:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I put on righteousness - Or “justice” - as a magistrate, and in all his transactions with his fellow-men. It is common to compare moral conduct or traits of character with various articles of app...
Job 29:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I put on (l) righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. (l) I delighted to do justice, as others did to wear costly apparel.
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I put on righteousness. — Comp. Isaiah 61:10 ; Isaiah 28:5 ; Isaiah 62:3 ; 2 Timothy 4:8 ; James 1:12 ; 1 Peter 5:4 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:19 . His judgment, the result of his personal righteou...
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ,.... Not the righteousness of his living Redeemer, the robe of righteousness and garment of salvation he had from him; though he had put on that by faith,...
Job 29:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. Ver. 14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ] It was not ambition, popularity, or self-interest that put...
Job 29:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me As a garment covers the whole body, and is worn continually all the day long, so I was constantly just in the whole course of my administrations, public an...
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It clothed me: as a garment covers the whole body, and is worn continually all the day long; so I was constantly just in the whole course of all my administrations, public and private, and never pu...
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - 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 29:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

I put on righteousness. Ad magistratum When others do us open wrong, it is not vanity, but charity, to do ourselves open right. And whatsoever appearance of folly or vain boasting there is in s...
Job 29:14 - 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 29:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
Job 29:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:8 ; 2 Corinthians 6:7 ; Deuteronomy 24:13 ; Ephesians 6:14 ; Isaiah 28:5 ; Isaiah 59:17 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Isaiah 62:3 ; Psalms 132:9 ; Revelation 19:8 ; Romans 13:14
Job 29:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Put on, &c. — Perhaps he did not wear these: but his steady justice was to him instead of all those ornaments.

Job 29:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 29:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 29:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 29:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 29:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 29:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 29:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 29:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 29:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 29:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 29:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 29:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 29:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 29:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 29:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 29:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 29:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 29:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 29:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 29:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 29:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes