Then would I. Fain would I.
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...
[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 Go...
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 Jud...
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...
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...
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 'Int...
But it is not so with me] RV 'For I am not so in myself,' i.e. In my own soul I am not guilty.
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 withou...
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 t...
“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...
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 que...
(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...
REFLECTIONS PERHAPS no part of the Old Testament writings is more calculated, under the blessed SPIRIT's teaching, to impress upon the soul a deep s...
[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, havin...
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...
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...
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...
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 h...
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...
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 es...
Job 9:5 . Removeth the mountains, by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases,...
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 th...
EXPOSITION Job 9:1-18 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alon...
Job Insists that God Visits also the Righteous with Affliction
then would I speak and not fear Him, namely, with this handicap of overpowering majesty removed; but it is not so with me, in his own person he was...
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 ter...
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.