1 Timothy 6:16; Isaiah 45:15; Job 9:11; Psalms 10:1; Psalms 13:1-3
Behold, I go forward - The meaning of these verses is, I go in all directions, but I cannot find God. I am excluded from the trial which I seek,...
(e) Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (e) Meaning, that if he considers God's justice, he is n...
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...
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Behold, I go forward - These two verses paint in vivid colors...
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: But I wish in vain. For "behold," etc. Forward ... backw...
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...
Forward.. backward ] better,' east'. 'west.'
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...
“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...
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...
(8) В¶ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (9) On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot beh...
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there] ,.... Job here returns to what he had said before, Job 23:3 ; as Jarchi observes, where he expresses...
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Ver. 8. Behold, I go forward ] Heb. Eastward, which is rec...
I go forward קדם, kedem, ad orientem, toward the east: אחור, achor, ad occidentem, toward the west; so the Vulgate, which is likewise the inter...
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...
Mystery of Providence. B. C. 1520. 8...
I go forward, i.e. towards the east, which in Scripture is accounted the forepart of the world, as the Hebrew name of it signifies, because of the...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there. Obscurity of the Divine working The perplexities felt by Job on this and kindred problems were not g...
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...
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; whether he goes to the east or to the west, he cannot find the ju...
Job Despairs of Finding Vindication in this Life
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...
Is not — As a judge to hear and determine my causes, otherwise he knew God was essentially present in all places.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: