Job 1:5; Job 31:23
For the thing which I greatly feared - Margin, As in the Hebrew “I feared a fear, and it came upon me.” This verse, with the following, has recei...
For the thing which I greatly (p) feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. (p) In my prosperity I looked for a fall,...
Why does God continue life to the wretch who longs for death? Job's words again rise to a passionate intensity. The vision of the peacefulness of dea...
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. For the thing which I greatly reared - Literall...
For my sighing cometh before I eat— My groaning cometh like my daily bread. Heath. In presence of my meat, or at my meals, says Peters. And...
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. The thing which I ... feared is come up...
Job Curses his Day Job curses the day of his birth. He asks why he did not die at birth: why should his wretched life be prolonged? We are now co...
For the thing which I greatly feared... — Comp. Proverbs 28:14 . It means that he had always had in remembrance the uncertainty and instability of...
VI. THE CRY FROM THE DEPTH Job 3:1-26 Job SPEAKS WHILE the friends of Job sat beside him that dreary week of silence, each of them was medita...
Is Life Worth Living? Job 3:1-26 In the closing paragraphs of the previous chapter three friends arrive. Teman is Edom; for Shuah see Genesis...
Silent sympathy always creates an opportunity for grief to express itself. Job's outcry was undoubtedly an answer to their sympathy. So far, it was g...
(20) В¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; (21) Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig fo...
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me ,.... Some refer this to his fears about his children, lest they should sin and offend God, and...
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. Ver. 25. For the thing which I greatly feare...
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me Before this flood of misery was poured upon me, I was indeed under great and strong apprehensi...
JOB'S BITTER COMPLAINT (vv.1-26) Though Job would not dare to curse God for his trouble, yet it seems that the presence of his friends only caus...
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and...
This is another reason why he is weary of his life, and why he repents that ever he was born, because he never enjoyed any solid and secure comfort....
Notes Job 3:5 . “ Let the blackness of the day terrify it .” Margin, “ Let them terrify it as those who have a bitter day ” The expression כִּמרִ...
Job 3:1 . After this opened Job his mouth. The Masoretic Jews, as well as our modern divines, seem agreed that Job now began the drama, and spak...
After this opened Job his month, and cursed his day. The peril of impulsive speech In regard to this chapter, containing the first speech of Jo...
EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" ended, we come upon a long colloquy, in which the several dramatis personae speak for themselves, the...
Job Longs for Death
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, if he but thought of a terrible thing, he was immediately struck by it, and that which I was a...
Job's Sorrows and Sighs Job 2:9-13 ; Job 3:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this study we will consider the verses which lie in the second chapter...
Feared — Even in the time of my prosperity, I was full of fears, considering the variety of God's providences, the changeableness of this vain worl...
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.