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I. Note the "I" of self-justification; and see note on Job 29:2.
why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Job 31:2 open_in_new
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
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Job 31:3 open_in_new
Is not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Job 31:4 open_in_new
Doth not He... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Job 31:11 open_in_new
crime. Hebrew zimmah. App-44.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah.
iniquity to be punished by the judges. a judicial iniquity; or, an iniquity in the eye of the law.
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poor. Hebrew. dal = impoverished or reduced in means. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
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Job 31:19 open_in_new
poor. helpless. Hebrew. 'ebyon. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
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Job 31:20 open_in_new
loins have not blessed. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia, App-6 :. the loins so covered.
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Job 31:21 open_in_new
help. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for those who would he on his side.
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Job 31:22 open_in_new
the bone. Authorized Version margin, "the chanel bone". Obsolete Eng. for channel. what is channelled or scooped out: i.e. the socket.
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Job 31:23 open_in_new
highness. majesty.
endure. escape.
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Job 31:26 open_in_new
the sun. the light.
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Job 31:27 open_in_new
my mouth hath kissed my hand: i.e. the outward sign of homage [to, or in worship, of the sun].
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Job 31:29 open_in_new
found. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
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Job 31:30 open_in_new
his.. special various reading called Sevir (App-34) reads "their".
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Job 31:31 open_in_new
men. Heb methim. App-14.
tabernacle. tent.
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Job 31:33 open_in_new
transgressions. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "transgression" (singular)
as Adam. Compare Genesis 3:10.
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Job 31:35 open_in_new
Oh! Figure of speech E cphonesis. App-6.
adversary. man (Hebrew. i. h. App-14.) of my quarrel.
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Job 31:38 open_in_new
land cry... complain. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
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Job 31:39 open_in_new
have caused, &c.. made the souls of the owners groan.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Job 31:40 open_in_new
Let thistles grow. This is not an imprecation, but an argument in favor of his integrity: i.e. Had he been as his friends alleged, would he not have had bad instead of bountiful harvests? See translation below.
ended: so far as his friends were concerned. He had words for God (ch. Job 42:1-6).