“ If I beheld the sund when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; ”
If I beheld the sun when it shined - Margin, light. The Hebrew word ( אור 'ôr ) properly means light, but that it here means the sun is manifest from the connection, since the moon occurs in t...
If I beheld the (r) sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; (r) If I was proud of my worldly prosperity and happiness, which is meant by the shining of the sun, and brightness of th...
Job 31. The Oath of Clearing. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue o...
the sun . the light.
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; If I beheld the sun when it shined - In this verse Job clears himself of that idolatrous worship which was the most ancient an...
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; If I looked unto the Sun (as an object of worship), because he shined; or to the Moon, because she walked (moved majestic...
Job Protests the Innocence of his Past Life Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity,...
If I beheld the sun. — It is remarkable that the kind of idolatry repudiated by Job is that only of sun and moon worship. He seems to have been ignorant of the more material and degraded kinds.
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 Clean Life Job 31:1-40 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an hein...
If I beheld the sun when it shined ,.... Some take this to be a reason why Job did not make gold his hope and confidence, because all sublunary and earthly enjoyments must be uncertain, fading, and...
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; Ver. 26. If I beheld the sun when it shined ] viz. To adore it, as the Persians did, and other heathens. The Egyptians had...
If I beheld the sun when it shined Namely, in its full strength and glory; when it most affected men's minds and hearts with admiration of its beauty, and of the benefits which it is instrumental i...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. B. C. 1520. 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said...
If I beheld; not simply, nor only with admiration; (for it is a glorious work of God, which we ought to contemplate and admire;) but for the end here following, or so as to ascribe to it the honour...
JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his pri...
Job 31:1 . A maid. The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction...
I made a covenant with mine eyes. Guard the senses Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. ( W. Gurnall. ) Methods of mo...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or in...
Job Recounts his Blameless Conduct
2 Kings 23:11 ; 2 Kings 23:5 ; Deuteronomy 11:16 ; Deuteronomy 17:3 ; Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Ezekiel 8:16 ; Genesis 1:16-18 ; Jeremiah 44:17 ; Jeremiah 8:2 ; Psalms 8:3 ; Psalms 8:4
I — This place speaks of the worship of the host of heaven, and especially of the sun and moon, the most eminent and glorious of that number, which was the most ancient kind of idolatry, and most f...