“ Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. ”
Wherefore I abhor myself - I see that I am a sinner to be loathed and abhorred. Job, though he did not claim to be perfect, had yet unquestionably been unduly exalted with the conception of his o...
Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3-5 ). Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4 b, which are quoted from Job 38:2 f., and probably came in from th...
I abhor myself, and repent. "The end of the Lord" (i.e. what Jehovah designed as the great lesson of this book) is at length reached. Compare James 5:11 .
Wherefore I abhor myself , and repent in dust and ashes. I abhor myself - Compared with thine, my strength is weakness; my wisdom, folly; and my righteousness, impurity. "I loathe myself when thee...
Wherefore I abhor myself— Wherefore I am ready to drop into dissolution. Heath. See the note on chap. Job 3:24 . As a supplement to which, we add here, that the Chaldee paraphrast had such a sen...
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Myself - rather, 'I abhor,' and retract the rash speeches I made against thee ( Job 42:3-4 ). (Umbreit.)
Job's Final Withdrawal Job at last has learned his lesson. The convincing evidences of wisdom, power, and love which God has offered him, have led him to lay aside his pride of intellect and pride...
Restored to Right Relations with God Job 42:1-17 In complete surrender Job bowed before God, confessing his ignorance and owning that he had spoken glibly of things which he understood not. He...
Job's answer is full of the stateliness of a great submission. As he speaks the words of surrender he appears mightier in his submission than all the things into the presence of which he has been bro...
(1) В¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said, (2) I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. (3) Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore...
THE MYSTERY OF PAIN ‘I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth Thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.’ Job 42:5-6 There are some verses in...
Wherefore I abhor [myself] ,.... Or all my words, as Aben Ezra; all the indecent expressions he had uttered concerning God; he could not bear to think of them; he loathed them, and himself on accoun...
Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes. Ver. 6. Wherefore I abhor myself ] Aspernor illa, so Tremellius. I utterly dislike those my former base and bald conceits of thee, my ha...
Wherefore I abhor myself , &c. The more we see of the glory and majesty of God, the more we shall see of the vileness and odiousness of sin, and of ourselves because of sin; and the more we shal...
JOBS REPENTANCE AND PRAYER (vv.1-9) Who would not be totally subdued after hearing God speak such things as He did to Job? What a change took place in Job's attitude and in his words! He was hum...
Job's Humble Confession. B. C. 1520. 1 Then Job answered the L ORD , and said, 2 I kno...
I abhor, i.e. dislike, and detest, and loathe myself, or my former words and carriage . One of these or some like supplement is necessary to complete the sense, and is clearly gathered from the...
Notes Job 42:11 . “ A piece of money .” According to Gesenius and others, קשׂיִטָה ( kesitah ), from the unused root קָשַׂט = قَسَطٰ ( kasata ) to “be just or true;” whence قسْط ( Kistoon ) “bala...
Wherefore I abhor myself The problem, of which the book of Job is the profound discussion, finds here its solution. Brought into the presence of God, Job is revealed to himself. In no sense a...
Job 17:9 ; Job 42:5-6 I. It is not possible to set out the salient features of Job's strength without taking into account the immense energy he derived from his burning consciousness of unimpe...
Job 42:5 . But now mine eye seeth thee. I have seen thee in thy works, and heard the voice of nature. I have heard all those speeches of my friends, circumscribed in knowledge, and erroneous in ju...
Then Job answered the Lord, and said. Job’s confession and restoration I. Job’s acknowledgment of God’s greatness. Throughout his speeches Job had frequently asserted the majesty of God. But no...
SECTION VII .— HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO THE DIALOG EXPOSITION Job 42:1-18 This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part ( Job 42:1-18 ) Job makes his final subm...
Job's Humble Confession.
1 Corinthians 15:8 ; 1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Kings 21:27 ; 1 Timothy 1:13-16 ; Daniel 9:3 ; Esther 4:1-3 ; Ezekiel 16:63 ; Ezekiel 20:43 ; Ezekiel 36:31 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Isaiah 5:5 ; Isaiah 58...
God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...