“ And I brake the jawsd of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. ”
And I brake the jaws of the wicked - Margin, “jaw-teeth, or, grinders.” The Hebrew word מתלעה m e thall e ‛âh , the same, with the letters transposed, as מתלעות , is from לתע , to “...
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 ....
wicked. Hebrew. 'avvil . App-44. See note on Job 18:21 .
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. I brake the jaws of the wicked - A metaphor taken from hunting. A beast of prey had entered into the fold, and carried off...
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'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...
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...
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 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...
(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,...
And I brake the jaws of the wicked ,.... Their jaw teeth, or grinders, alluding to beasts of prey, who have such teeth, very large; the meaning may be, that Job confuted the arguments which wicked m...
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Ver. 17. And I brake the laws of the wicked ] It is a mercy to have judges, saith one, modo audeant quae sentiunt, as...
I brake the jaws of the wicked Hebrew, מתלעות, methallegnoth, dentes molares vel maxillas cum dentibus, the grinders , or the jawbones with the teeth , the sharpest and strongest teeth in the jaw...
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...
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...
The jaws; or, the jaw-bones ; or, the grinders , the sharpest and strongest teeth in the jaw, i.e. their power and violence wherewith they used to oppress others. It is a metaphor from wild beast...
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 29:3 . 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...
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...
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 Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
1 Samuel 17:35 ; Proverbs 30:14 ; Psalms 124:3 ; Psalms 124:6 ; Psalms 3:7 ; Psalms 58:8