1 Samuel 24:14; Isaiah 17:13; Job 14:3; Matthew 12:20
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? - Job here means to say that the treatment of God in regard to him was like treading down a leaf that w...
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Wilt thou break a leaf - Is it becoming thy dignity to concern thysel...
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? ( Leviticus 26:36 ; Psalms 1:4 ). Job compares himself to a l...
Job's Third Speech (continued) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his tr...
Wilt thou break a leaf. — His confession of sin here approaches even to what the Psalmist describes as the condition of the ungodly ( Psalms 1:4 )....
XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which mu...
“Though He Slay Me” Job 13:1-28 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4-12 . Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no...
Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Befo...
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ?.... A leaf that falls from a tree in autumn, and withers and is rolled up, and driven about by the wind,...
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Ver. 25. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? &c. ] q.d....
Wilt thou break a leaf? &c. Doth it become thy infinite and excellent majesty to use thy might to crush such a poor, impotent, and frail creatu...
JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye h...
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me...
Doth it become thy infinite and excellent majesty to use all thy might to crush such a poor, impotent, frail creature as I am, that can no more resis...
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends ( Job 13:1-2 )....
Job 13:4 . Forgers of lies, misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , He will surely reprove you, though under a specious veil you...
Wilt Thou break a leaf driven to and fro? A pitiful plea Poor Job! Who could have been brought lower? In his deep distress he turns to God, and...
EXPOSITION Job 13:1 , Job 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1-18 . are closely connected with Job 12:1-18 ; forming the natural te...
Job's Comfort and Prayer
Wilt Thou break a leaf driven to and fro, shaking him, who was already broken with misery, with further terrors? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubbl...
Leaf — One that can no more resist thy power, than a leaf, or a little dry straw can resist the wind or fire.
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?