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Job 16:1 open_in_new
answered. replied. See note on Job 4:1.
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Job 16:2 open_in_new
miserable. wearisome.
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Job 16:3 open_in_new
Shall... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
vain words. empty words. Heb, words of wind.
what... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Job 16:4 open_in_new
your soul. you (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
my soul. me (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Job 16:8 open_in_new
is. is become.
leanness. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
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Job 16:11 open_in_new
the ungodly. an evil one. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44.
the wicked. the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
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Job 16:14 open_in_new
giant. mighty man. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.
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Job 16:15 open_in_new
sewed sackcloth, &c. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the sorrow which accompanied it.
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Job 16:17 open_in_new
injustice. violence. Only occurrence of English word in O.T.
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Job 16:18 open_in_new
O. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
cover not. my blood. The reference is to the practice which remains to this day, based on Numbers 35:33.Leviticus 17:13. Job's desire is that the evidence of his sufferings may not be hidden.
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Job 16:20 open_in_new
friends. neighbours.
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.
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Job 16:21 open_in_new
man. strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.
man. son of man. Hebrew. ben-'adam. App-14.
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Job 16:22 open_in_new
the way, &c. Figure of speech Euphemism (App-6), for death.