Job 30:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave,g though they cry in his destruction. ”

Job 30:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave - Margin, heap. In our common version this verse conveys no very clear idea, and it is quite evident that our translators despaired of giving...
Job 30:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand (q) to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. (q) No one can deliver me from there, though they lament my death.
Job 30:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 30. Job's Present Misery. As the text stands at present, Job begins by complaining that the very abjects of society now despise him. Many scholars, however, detach Job 30:2-8 as a misplaced s...
Job 30:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

grave. Hebrew. bi' i ,. mound or tumulus. But others point it be'i . a prayer. his destruction . their calamity.
Job 30:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. He will not stretch out his hand to the grave - After all that has been said relative to the just translat...
Job 30:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Howbeit, he will not stretch out, &c.— Houbigant renders this verse, Howbeit death shall not extend his hand to my sepulchre; but if to my dissolution, even that shall be for my salvation. Se...
Job 30:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. Expressing Job's faith as to the state after death. 'Though one must go to the grave, yet He will no...
Job 30:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Present Misery Job bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29 . It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast and beggared. 1-8. Job complains tha...
Job 30:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Though they cry in his destruction. — This is a very obscure verse. Some render it, “Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though it be in his destruction one may utter a...
Job 30:24 - 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 30:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately Job passed to the description of his present condition, which is all the more startling as it stands in contrast with what he had said concerning the past. He first described the base who...
Job 30:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (20) I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. (21) Thou art become cruel to me: with...
Job 30:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave ,.... Or, "verily" h, truly he will not, c. I am well assured he never will, meaning either he never would stretch out his hand to shut up the...
Job 30:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. Ver. 24. Howbeit he will outstretch not his hand to the grave ] He will not dig up the dead, as the Pap...
Job 30:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He will not stretch out his hand to the grave This verse is judged by commentators to be very obscure. The sense of it probably is, Notwithstanding I earnestly wished for the grave as a place of re...
Job 30:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS (vv.1-8) What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had once shown Job every respect, but now young men of what might be considered the lowest clas...
Job 30:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job Complains of His Affliction. B. C. 1520. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursu...
Job 30:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There is great variety and difficulty in the sense and connexion of these words. They may be joined either, 1. With the following verse, as describing Job's compassion to others in affliction, whic...
Job 30:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CONTRAST.—JOB’S SOLILOQUY, CONTINUED With his former state of happiness and honour Job now contrasts his present misery and degradation. His object as well to show the grounds he has for com...
Job 30:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 30:1 . The dogs of my flock. Job does not say this through pride, for he owns that the slave and himself were formed by the same hand: Job 31:15 . He says it rather with a view to describe th...
Job 30:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 30:1-18 The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children, flourishing, in favour with both God and man, Jo...
Job 30:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Unspeakable Misery and Disappointment with which Job Battled
Job 30:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:31 ; Matthew 27:39-44 ; Psalms 35:25
Job 30:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To the grave — The hand of God's wrath will not follow me beyond death; I shall then be safe and easy: Tho' men cry in his destruction: tho' most men cry and are affrighted, while they are dying, w...

Job 30:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 30:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 30:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 30:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 30:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 30:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 30:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 30:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 30:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 30:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 30:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 30:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 30:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 30:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 30:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 30:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 30:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 30:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 30:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 30:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 30:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 30:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 30:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 30:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes