Job 23:12

1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 2:2; Acts 14:22; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 10:39; Jeremiah 15:16; Job 22:22; John 4:32; John 4:34; John 6:66-69; John 8:31; Luke 12:42; Luke 12:46; Psalms 119:103; Psalms 119:11; Psalms 119:127; Psalms 19:10; Psalms 19:9

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither have I gone back - I have not put away or rejected. The commandment of his lips - That which he has spoken, or which has proceeded ou...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have (g) esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. (g) His word is...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints ( Job 23:2 ). Translate as mg. Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Jo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my necessary food. Hebrew my own law. my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Ge...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 475 JOB’S LOVE TO THE WORD OF GOD Job 23:12 . I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food . WHENCE arose this...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food . The commandment of h...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My foot hath held, &c.— The division of this book into verses has obscured the sense: these two should be read thus, Job 23:11 . My foot hath...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Esteemed - rat...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Seventh Speech (Job 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dea...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. — Comp. John 4:32-34 . Or, I have treasured up the words, &c., according...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1-17 ; Job 24:1-25 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“He Knoweth the Way That I Take” Job 23:1-17 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, bu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai c...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. What a lovely ac...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. Ver. 12. Neither...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My foot hath held his steps Either the steps or ways in which God himself walks; the paths of justice, mercy, and holiness, wherein Job had made it...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and l...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mystery of Providence. B. C. 1520. 8...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither have I gone back, i.e. not turned aside to any crooked or sinful path or course of life, human infirmity excepted. I have esteemed, Heb....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit instruct us during our reading! Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plig...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and losses he...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 23:3 . Oh that I knew where I might find him. Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle w...
The Biblical Illustrator

My foot hath held His steps. The fair portrait of a saint Job has, in this part of his self-defence, sketched a fine picture of a man perfect a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verses 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Despairs of Finding Vindication in this Life
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips, he has in no way departed from the Law of God; I have esteemed the words of His mouth mor...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job Challenged by Satan Job 1:1 - Job 23:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting charac...

¹² Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemedb the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Related Commentaries of Job 23:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 23:12