“ The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. ”
The princes refrained talking - As a mark of respect, or in awe of his presence. And laid their hand on their mouth - To lay the finger or the hand on the mouth is every where an action expre...
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their (f) mouth. (f) Acknowledging my wisdom.
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 ....
laid their hand, &c. In token of silence and submission.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The princes refrained talking - They never ventured an opinion in opposition to mine; so fully were they persuaded of the justice...
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! The great influence Job had over young and old, and noblemen. Through ... street - rather, 'when I went...
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...
The princes retrained talking. — Comp. Isaiah 52:15 .
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,...
The princes refrained talking ,.... Who were in court before Job came in, and were either talking with one another about indifferent matters, or were giving their opinion in a case before them; but...
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth. Ver. 9. The princes refrained talking ] Not only as acknowledging his authority, but as admiring his great eloquence, and hangi...
The young men saw me and hid themselves Out of reverence to my person and dignity, or out of a consciousness of their guilt and folly, which they supposed I might understand either by information f...
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...
Refrained talking; either fearing that I should discern their weakness by their words; or desiring to hear my words and sentence, which they readily approved of, and fully assented to. Such an opin...
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...
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 Describes his Former Prosperity
James 1:19 ; Job 21:5 ; Job 4:2 ; Job 40:4 ; Job 7:11 ; Judges 18:19 ; Proverbs 10:19 ; Proverbs 30:32