30. Will you say that my guilt lies in the organ of speech, and will you call it to account? or, Is it that my taste (palate) or discernment is not capable to form a judgment of perverse things? Is it thus you will explain the fact of my having no consciousness of guilt? [UMBREIT]. read more
Job’s invitation to his friends 6:24-30Next, Job invited his friends to identify the sin for which they believed God was punishing him. [Note: See Westermann, pp. 97-99, for a discussion of Job’s claim of innocence.] So far Eliphaz had only alluded to it. Job welcomed specific honest criticism, not arguments based on insinuations (Job 6:25). In Job 6:30 Job seems to be claiming the ability to know whether his afflictions were the result of sin or not, as a person can distinguish different... read more
The First Speech of Job (Job 6, 7)1-13. Job, smarting under the remarks of Eliphaz, which he feels are not appropriate to his case, renews and justifies his complaints. He bemoans the heaviness of God’s hand, and wishes that He would slay him outright.2, 3. Job admits that he was rash in his remarks (in Job 3), but declares that his language was justified by his miserable condition.3. Are swallowed up] RV ’have been rash.’4. It is because he feels that his troubles are due to God that he is... read more
(30) Is there iniquity?—Or, injustice in my tongue? Is my taste so perverted that it cannot perceive what is perverse? “Ye appear to think that I am wholly incapable of judging my own cause because it is my own; but if ye will only condescend to return in due course, ye shall find that I know what is right as well as you, and that there is no more vicious reasoning in me than there is with you, and probably less.” It is difficult to draw out the argument of Job in the logical form of our... read more
Job 6:1 f The sixth and seventh chapters are molten from end to end, and run in one burning stream.... Everything which can be said by a sick man against life is in these chapters. The whole of a vast subsequent literature is summed up here, and he who has once read it may fairly ask never to be troubled with anything more upon that side. Mark Rutherford, The Deliverance, p. 13 f. 'When He does smite,' wrote General Gordon to his sister from the Red Sea in 1879, 'His arrows are almost too... read more
VIII.MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARINGJob 6:1-30; Job 7:1-21Job SPEAKSWORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man’s own heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot stream of thought. Now that Eliphaz has spoken, Job has something to arouse him, at least to resentment. The strength of his mind revives as he finds himself called to a battle of words. And how energetic he is! The long address of Eliphaz we saw to be incoherent, without the backbone of any clear... read more
CHAPTERS 6-7 Job’s Answer 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job 6:1-7 ) 2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8-13 ) 3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14-30 ) 4. The misery of life (Job 7:1-7 ) 5. Two questions: Why does God deal with me thus? Why does He not pardon? (Job 7:8-21 ) Job 6:1-7 . He meets first of all the reproach and accusation of Eliphaz (Job 4:1-5 ). Because his sufferings are so great his utterances are so desperately wild. If Eliphaz only... read more
JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ (vv.1-30) It is remarkable that Job, being in the painful condition he was, was still able to reply in such capable and stirring language to Eliphaz. He knew that Eliphaz had not shown any understanding of Job's predicament, and he again emphasised the unutterable pain and grief that had overtaken him. He knew Eliphaz had not weighed Job's grief accurately, or he would have had more compassion for the poor sufferer (vv.2-3). Job says, "Therefore my words have been... read more
FIRST SERIES OF THE DEBATE The first series of the debate may be outlined as follows: 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 4-7) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chaps. 4-5) b. Reply of (chaps. 6-7) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 8-10) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 8) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 9-10) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 11-14) a. Speech of Zophar (chap. 11) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 12-14) It is thought the debate may have occupied several days, by which supposition some of the difficulties of the book are removed. In the... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 6:30
Job 6:30. Is there iniquity in my tongue, &c.— Must there needs be perversity in my tongue, because my palate cannot relish misery? Heath. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Having heard with patient attention the discourse of Eliphaz, however piercing some of the reflections must appear, Job, far from being convinced by his reasoning, replies with warmth to his arguments. 1. He wishes for a more impartial balance than his censorious friends seemed inclined to afford him; who slighted the weight of those... read more