“ Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. ”
Then would I speak, and not fear him - I should then be able to maintain my cause on equal terms, and with equal advantages. But it is not so with me - Margin, I am not so with myself. Noyes,...
[Then] would I speak, and not fear him; (b) but [it is] not so with me. (b) Signifying that God's judgments keep him in awe.
Job again takes up his complaint, but in a quieter tone, so that he is able to imagine after all a way in which he might maintain his cause before God. He complains first of the shortness of his life...
Then would I . Fain would I.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. But it is not so with me - I am not in such circumstances as to plead with my Judge. I believe the sense of these words is nearly a...
But it is not so with me— For thus I am not myself. Houbigant. But I am not sufficient master of myself. Heath. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, Without a reflection on the insinuations of his unkind frie...
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. It is not so with me - as it now is, God not taking His rod away, I am not on such a footing of equality as to be able without...
Job's Second Speech ( Job 9:10 ) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses t...
It is not so with me. — Literally, I am not so with me. The words are variously understood: “It is not so with me,” i.e. , “I am not thus without fear,” as the former part of the verse supposes;...
X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN Job 9:1-35 ; Job 10:1-22 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply...
“The Daysman” Job 9:1-35 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests,...
Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it is so; and then propounded the great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss...
(28) I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. (29) If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? (30) If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean...
[Then] would I speak, and not fear him ,.... With a servile fear, though with reverence and godly fear; meaning either at the throne of grace, having liberty of access, boldness of spirit, and freed...
Job 9:35 [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me. Ver. 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him ] I would come boldly to the throne of grace, and freely pour out my so...
Let not his fear terrify me The fear and dread of his majesty and justice. Let him not deal with me according to his perfect justice, but according to his grace and clemency. Then would I speak, a...
HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it is so," that i...
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget m...
i.e. I would speak freely for myself, being freed from the dread of his majesty, which takes away my spirit and courage, and stoppeth my mouth. But it is not so with me, i.e. I am not free from his...
JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice ( Job 9:1 ). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his righteousness with God. The same, a...
Job 9:5 . Removeth the mountains, by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their bed...
If I say, I will forget my complaint. Concerning Job’s sufferings I. As too great to render any efforts of self-consolation effective. Three things are suggested. 1. A valuable power of mind...
EXPOSITION Job 9:1-18 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bil...
Job Insists that God Visits also the Righteous with Affliction
Job 13:22 ; Job 29:2-25
Then — I would speak freely for myself, being freed from that dread, which takes away my spirit and courage. It is not — I am not free from his terror, and therefore cannot plead my cause with him....