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Job 29:1 open_in_new
Moreover. And.
continued his parable: i.e. again took up his impressive discourse. This is Job's last address, corresponding with his first. See the Structure on p. 669.
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Job 29:2 open_in_new
I. Note the frequency of "I" (self-occupation). In Job 29, the "I" of prosperity; in Job 30, the "I" of adversity; in Job 31, the "I" of self-righteousness. Contrast the "I" of Job 42:2-6, the "end".
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Job 29:3 open_in_new
candle. lamp.
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Job 29:4 open_in_new
youth. autumn's prime, or maturity.
secret. counsel.
tabernacle. tent.
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Job 29:5 open_in_new
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
children. youths.
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Job 29:6 open_in_new
rivers. divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3, and Proverbs 21:1.
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Job 29:7 open_in_new
street. broad or open place.
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Job 29:9 open_in_new
laid their hand, &c. In token of silence and submission.
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Job 29:12 open_in_new
poor. wretched. Hebrew. 'anah. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
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Job 29:16 open_in_new
poor. helpless. Hebrew. 'ebyon. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
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Job 29:17 open_in_new
wicked. Hebrew. 'avvil. App-44. See note on Job 18:21.
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Job 29:18 open_in_new
die in my nest. The Septuagint reads "grow old as. palm trunk".
as the sand.. note in Codices (No.. in King's Lib., British Museum) states that the Western School points this to mean "as. phoenix". The Vulgate reads "as. palm".
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Job 29:23 open_in_new
as for the rain: i.e. the early rain, which is sometimes so late as to cause anxiety.