E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 3:22
grave = sepulchre. Hebrew. keber. See App-35 . read more
Job 3:20-23 Kjv,asv
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 3:23
Why . . . ? Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6 . supplies the sentence from v- 20; but it may be repeated from Job 3:22 , "the grave", regarding verses: Job 21:22 as a parenthesis. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 3:20
JOB IS TORTURED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY"Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery,And life unto the bitter in soul;Who long for death, but it cometh not,And dig for it more than for hid treasures;Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,And whom God hath hedged in?For my sighing cometh before I eat,And my groanings are poured out like water.For the thing which I fear cometh upon me,And that which I am afraid of... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 3:21
Job 3:21. Which long for death— Who call aloud for death. Heath. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 3:23
Job 3:23. Why is light given to a man, &c.— There is nothing for why is light given, in the original. Houbigant supposes it repeated from the 20th verse; and he renders the present, Why, to that man, whose way is dark, and intercepted against him from heaven? But Heath, after Schultens, renders it thus: Well might it befit the man whose way is sheltered, and whom God hath made an hedge around. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 3:20
20. Wherefore giveth he light—namely, God; often omitted reverentially (Job 24:23; Ecclesiastes 9:9). Light, that is, life. The joyful light ill suits the mourners. The grave is most in unison with their feelings. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 3:23
23. whose way is hid—The picture of Job is drawn from a wanderer who has lost his way, and who is hedged in, so as to have no exit of escape (Hosea 2:6; Lamentations 3:7; Lamentations 3:9). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 3:1-26
A. Job’s Personal Lament ch. 3The poetic body to the book begins with a soliloquy in which Job cursed the day of his birth. This introductory soliloquy corresponds to another one Job gave at the end of his dialogue with his three friends (chs. 29-31), especially chapter 31 in which he uttered another curse against himself. These two soliloquies bracket the three cycles of speeches like the covers of a book and bind them together into a unified whole.Evidently the passing of time brought Job no... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 3:20-26
3. The wish that he could die then 3:20-26Much of Job’s suffering was intellectual. He asked, "Why?" frequently in this soliloquy (Job 3:11-12; Job 3:20; Job 3:23) and in the dialogue that follows (Job 7:20-21; Job 9:29; Job 13:24; Job 21:4; Job 24:1)."My groaning comes at the sight of my food" (Job 3:24) may mean that food was not appealing to him. Probably he also meant that his groaning was as regular and frequent as his meals. The parallel idea at the end of Job 3:24 means his pain was as... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 3:21
long = wait, or look for. read more