Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 3:23
whose way: Isaiah 40:27 hedged in: Job 12:14, Job 19:8, Psalms 31:8, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:9, Hosea 2:6 Reciprocal: Job 40:2 - he that reproveth read more
Job 3:20-23 Kjv,asv
Samuel Bagster
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Light — The light of life.Bitter — Unto those to whom life itself is bitter and burdensome. Life is called light, because it is pleasant and serviceable for walking and working; and this light is said to be given us, because it would be lost, if it were not daily renewed to us by a fresh gift. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;Dig — Desire with as much earnestness as men dig for treasure: but it is observable, Job durst not do anything to hasten or procure his death: notwithstanding all his miseries, he was contented to wait all the days of his appointed time, 'till his change came, chap14:14. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?Glad, … — To be thus impatient of life, for the sake of the trouble we meet with, is not only unnatural in itself, but ungrateful to the giver of life, and shews a sinful indulgence of our own passion. Let it be our great and constant care, to get ready for another world: and then let us leave it to God, to order the circumstances of our removal thither. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Hid — From him; who knows not his way, which way to turn himself, what course to take to comfort himself in his miseries.Hedged in — Whom God hath put as it were in a prison, so that he can see no way or possibility of escape. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:20
Third long strophe THE IMPENETRABLE MYSTERIOUSNESS OF A LIFE OF MISERY, Job 3:20-26. a. Why is life given to the wretched, when death is so much to be preferred? Job 3:20-22. 20. Wherefore is light given Literally, Wherefore doth he give light? which is far more expressive. The poet omits the name of deity, either because of secret misgiving as to the propriety of asking such a question, or because, in the bitterness of his heart, he grudges to name God. In the same manner, Adam,... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:21
21. Which long for death Of the sufferings of the miserable slaves anciently employed in the Egyptian mines, to whom Hitzig and others think Job refers, Diodorus Siculus gives a long and most painful description. It contains a passage strikingly similar to that of the text: “so that these miserable creatures always expect worse to come than that which they then at present endure, and therefore long for death, as far more desirable than life.” BOOTH’S Edit., 1:159. Hid treasures Such... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:22
22. Rejoice exceedingly Literally, unto exultation, so as to leap for joy. The same figure occurs in Hosea 9:1. As is so frequently the case in Job, this verse furnishes a climax: 1) rejoice; 2) to exultation; 3) bound for joy. Are glad ישׂישׂו , according to both Gesenius and Furst, embodies the figure of a horse ( סוס ) in his joyous gambols. (Compare Job 39:21, where The same word occurs.) read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:23
b. By making an application to himself of the preceding monody, Job brings his generalization to an end, Job 3:23-26. 23. To a man Job means himself, as is seen in the following verse. The antecedent is in Job 3:20. Job 3:21-22 are parenthetical. Whose way is hid That is, so covered or obscure that he cannot see his way before him. “A man’s way is the exit for his energies of action or thought to go in; it is hidden when action and thought are paralyzed, and unable to find a passage... read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 3:22
Reciprocal: Job 6:10 - Then read more