Verse 14
14. And it clothed me לבשׁ , to put on, clothe; the same word in both clauses of the sentence. The righteousness he put on renewed and transformed his being into its own pure nature: It (righteousness) put on me. “Job means to say, without and within was I righteous.” Hahn. The same word is used of the Spirit of Jehovah when he makes man the organ for the manifestation of his power. Judges 6:34; 1 Chronicles 12:18. On the other hand, sin is like the burning garment of Nessus it changes man’s entire nature into its own miserable likeness.
Diadem Tiara or turban. This consisted of costly cloths, wound around the head. According to Niebuhr, the head-dress worn by Arabians of fashion is both complicated and imposing. “They wear fifteen caps, one over another, some of which are indeed of linen, but the rest of thick cloth or cotton. That which covers all the rest is usually richly embroidered with gold, and has always some sentence of the Koran embroidered upon it.” See farther, Travels, 2:233.
Judgment Integrity is comely attire for the entire man. Job carries forward to a climax the beautiful figure in the first clause, of clothing and adornment for the soul. (Comp. Isaiah 11:5; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 59:17.) Spotless integrity was his royal robe, מעיל , (see note, Job 1:20,) and a diadem or crown for his brow.
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