Job 31:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: ”

Job 31:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me - Job here introduces another class of offences, of which he says he was innocent. The subject referred to is the proper treatment of those w...
Job 31:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 31:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

found. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
Job 31:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: If I rejoiced - I did not avenge myself on my enemy; and I neither bore malice nor hatred to him.
Job 31:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Lifted up himself - in malicious triumph ( Proverbs 17:5 , "He that is glad at calamities shall...
Job 31:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Job 31:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I rejoiced at the destruction. — He now proceeds to the realm of the wishes and thoughts, and is, therefore, far more thorough and searching with his own case than his friends had been.
Job 31:29 - 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 31:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Job 31:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 31:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Job 31:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me ,.... Job, though a good man, had his enemies, as all good men have, and that because of their goodness, and who hated him with an implacable ha...
Job 31:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Ver. 29. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me ] If I rejoiced at his ruin or fed my...
Job 31:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If I rejoiced , &c. I was so far from being malicious toward, and from revenging myself on, an enemy, which is the common and allowed practice of ungodly men, that I did not so much as delight i...
Job 31:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 31:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. B. C. 1520. 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said...
Job 31:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I was so far from malice and revenging myself of mine enemy, which is the common and allowed practice of ungodly men, that I did not so much as desire or delight in his ruin, when it was brought upon...
Job 31:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 31:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 31:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 31:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 31:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Recounts his Blameless Conduct
Job 31:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:12 ; 2 Samuel 16:5-8 ; 2 Samuel 4:10 ; 2 Samuel 4:11 ; Proverbs 17:5 ; Proverbs 24:17 ; Proverbs 24:18 ; Psalms 35:13 ; Psalms 35:14 ; Psalms 35:25 ; Psalms 35:26
Job 31:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lift up — Heb. stirred up myself to rejoice and insult over his misery.

Job 31:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 31:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 31:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 31:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 31:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 31:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 31:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 31:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 31:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 31:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 31:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 31:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 31:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 31:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 31:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 31:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 31:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 31:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 31:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 31:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 31:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 31:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 31:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 31:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes