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Job 42:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Job 42:3 open_in_new
Who is he... ? Supply the obvious Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "[Thou askedst] 'Who is this?. "&c.; which Jehovah did ask in Job 38:1-3.
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Job 42:4 open_in_new
Hear. Hear, now.
I will demand of thee. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6): "[Thou saidst];. Let him answer Me' "(See Job 40:2).
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Job 42:6 open_in_new
I abhor myself, and repent. "The end of the Lord" (i.e. what Jehovah designed as the great lesson of this book) is at length reached. Compare James 5:11.
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Job 42:7 open_in_new
these words: i.e. ch. Job 38:1 -- Job 41:34.
not spoken of Me the thing that is right. We have, therefore, an inspired record of what they said; but all they said was not inspired, and cannot be quoted as the Word of Jehovah.
as My servant Job hath: i.e. in Job 42:1-6.
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Job 42:8 open_in_new
seven. See App-10.
burnt offering. Hebrew. 'olah. App-43. See App-15.
him. his face: face being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person.
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Job 42:9 open_in_new
Job. Hebrew the face of Job, as in Job 42:8.
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Job 42:10 open_in_new
turned the captivity. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), shdb eth sh buth, emphasizing recovery or deliverance from any trouble, as in Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:4, &c.
twice as much. This blessing was included in "the end of the Lord" (James 5:11). See note on p. 666.
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Job 42:11 open_in_new
evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. Compare Isaiah 45:7.
every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
piece. weight, as in Genesis 33:19. The Septuagint reads "a lamb, and four drachms weight of gold, even of unstamped [gold]"; or, "a piece of gold stamped with. lamb. "
every one. Hebrew. 'i. h. App-14.
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Job 42:12 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), in verses: Job 42:12-15, to emphasize each particular thing.
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Job 42:14 open_in_new
Jemima. beautiful as the day (Septuagint and Vulgate) or as. dove.
Kezia. fragrant as cassia (i.e. cinnamon).
Keren-happuch. horn of beauty or plenty. Compare Job 42:15.
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Job 42:16 open_in_new
an hundred and forty years: i.e. from 1656 to 1516.
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Job 42:17 open_in_new
full of days. satisfied with days. The Septuagint has. long subscription, for which see App-62. The Arabic has. similar subscription, which professes to have been taken from the Syriac, but it is not in the Syriac version as given in Walton's Polyglot.