James 1:19; Job 21:5; Job 4:2; Job 40:4; Job 7:11; Judges 18:19; Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 30:32
The princes refrained talking - As a mark of respect, or in awe of his presence. And laid their hand on their mouth - To lay the finger or th...
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their (f) mouth. (f) Acknowledging my wisdom.
Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means in...
laid their hand, &c. In token of silence and submission.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The princes refrained talking - They never ventured an opinion in opposition to...
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! The great influence Job had over young and old, and noble...
Job's Past Greatness and Happiness Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter...
The princes retrained talking. — Comp. Isaiah 52:15 .
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become in...
the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way fo...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepare...
The princes refrained talking ,.... Who were in court before Job came in, and were either talking with one another about indifferent matters, or wer...
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth. Ver. 9. The princes refrained talking ] Not only as acknowledging his authori...
The young men saw me and hid themselves Out of reverence to my person and dignity, or out of a consciousness of their guilt and folly, which they s...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, a...
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and th...
Refrained talking; either fearing that I should discern their weakness by their words; or desiring to hear my words and sentence, which they readil...
JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends,...
Job 29:3 . When his candle shined upon my head; that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity....
EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man...
Job Describes his Former Prosperity
The princes refrained talking, stopped in the middle of their speech, and laid their hand on their mouth, in reverential silence, yielding him the...
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.