“ And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? ”
And that thou shouldest visit him? - That is, for the purpose of inflicting pain. This language Job intends undoubtedly to be applicable to himself, and he asks with impatience why God should tak...
Job again gives utterance to his complaint. In the previous passage Job's tone, as in Job 3:11-19 , had become quieter, and his complaint almost an elegy on human misery. But now he bursts forth aga...
every morning. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, put for all time: i.e. continuously.
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? Every morning - with each new day: "All the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning." It is rather...
Job's First Speech (concluded) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny.
What is man...? — Here is another point of contact with Psalms 8:5 ; but the spirit of the Psalmist was one of devout adoration, whereas that of Job is one of agony and desperation.
VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 Job SPEAKS WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own heart because no channel outside self is provided for...
Longing for the Evening Job 7:1-21 The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of...
Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation, more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, i...
(11) Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (12) Amos I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (...
And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning ,.... That is, "daily", continually, as Aben Ezra interprets it; either in a way of love, grace, and mercy; so God has visited men, by raising up an...
And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment? Ver. 18. That thou shouldest visit him every morning ] Be at so much pains, as it were, with him, as to chasten him...
And that thou shouldest visit him Namely, punish or chastise him, as the word visiting is often used; every morning That is, every day; the word morning, which is the beginning of the day, bein...
DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS? (vv.1-16) Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is there not...
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 H...
Visit him; to wit, punish or chasten him, as the word to visit , or visiting , is oft used, as Exodus 20:5 , Exodus 32:34 34:7 . Every morning , i.e. every day. But he mentions the morning,...
CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God. I. Complains of the general lot of human...
Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first about to read is a part of his language under those circumstanc...
Job 7:1 . Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? הלא צבא hela zaba, Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon th...
EXPOSITION Job 7:1-18 In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and fin...
Job Arraigns God
1 Peter 1:7 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Deuteronomy 8:16 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 32:34 ; Genesis 22:1 ; Isaiah 26:14 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; Isaiah 38:13 ; Jeremiah 9:7 ; Zechariah 13:9
And try, &c. — What is man that vain, foolish creature, that thou shouldest magnify or regard, or visit him, (with thy mercy and blessings, that thou shouldest so far honour and regard him, as...