“ I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. ”
I went mourning - Or rather, “I go,” in the present tense, for he is now referring to his present calamities, and not to what was past. The word rendered “mourning,” however ( קדר qâdar ), mea...
I went mourning (s) without the sun: I stood up, (t) [and] I cried in the congregation. (s) Not delighting in any worldly thing, no not so much as in the use of the sun. (t) Lamenting them that wer...
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...
congregation . assembly.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. I went mourning without the sun - חמה chammah, which we here translate the sun, comes from a root of the same letters,...
I went mourning without the sun— I go mourning, as if the sun did not shine. Houb.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. Mourning - rather, I move about blackened х qodeer ( H6937 )], though not by the sun - i:e., whereas many are...
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...
I went mourning without the sun. — Rather, I go mourning without the sun; or, according to some, “blackened, but not by the sun.” We give the preference to the other. I stood up, and I cried in...
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...
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...
(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...
I went mourning without the sun ,.... So overwhelmed with grief, that he refused to have any comfort from, or any advantage by the sun; hence Mr. Broughton renders it, "out of the sun"; he did not c...
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation. Ver. 28. I went mourning without the sun ] Ater ambulo, sed non ob solem; I am not sun burnt, but heart burnt; bl...
My bowels boiled Namely, with the violence of my disorder; and rested not Hebrew, ולא דמו, velo damu , and were not silent. The days of affliction prevented me Came upon me suddenly and unexpe...
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 Complains of His Affliction. B. C. 1520. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursu...
I went, or, I walked hither and thither as I could. Or, I converse or appear among others. Mourning without the sun; spending my days in mourning, without any sun-light or comfort; or so op...
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 30:1 . 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...
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...
The Unspeakable Misery and Disappointment with which Job Battled
Isaiah 53:3 ; Isaiah 53:4 ; Lamentations 3:1-3 ; Psalms 38:6 ; Psalms 42:9 ; Psalms 43:2
Without the sun — Heb. black, not by the sun. My very countenance became black, tho' not by the sun, but by the force of my disease.