Job 19:7-29 ESV

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:1-29

Job 19:1-29Then Job answered and said.Complaints and confidencesI. Job bitterly complaining.1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their want of sympathy.(1) They exasperated him with their words.(2) With their persistent hostility.(3) With their callousness.(4) With their assumed superiority.Nothing tends more to aggravate a man’s suffering than the heartless and wordy talk of those who controvert his opinions in the hour of his distress.2. He complains of the conduct of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:6-7

Job 19:6-7Know new that God has overthrown me.The difficulties of unbeliefOne thing is to be noticed, with both Job and his friends the existence of God is a part of the problem, not to be discharged from it even hypothetically. The misfortunes of the good, the prosperity of the wicked, the inequalities and the caprices of fate--these are just what have to be reconciled with the existence of a just and all-powerful God. The discussion starts from the supposition of a temporal Providence. All... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:14

Job 19:14My kinsfolk have failed. Fickleness of friendsWhat is sweeter than a well-tuned lute, and what is more delightful than a faithful friend, who can cheer us in sorrow with wise and affectionate discourse? Nothing, however, is sooner untuned than a lute, and nothing is more fickle than a friend. The tone of the one changes with the weather, that of the other with fortune. With a clear sky, and a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you will have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:20

Job 19:20And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.A narrow escapeJob had it hard. What with boils, and bereavements, and bankruptcy, and a foolish wife, he wished he was dead. His flesh was gone, and his bones were dry. His teeth wasted away until nothing but the enamel seemed left. He cries out, “I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.” There has been some difference of opinion about this passage. St. Jerome, and Schultens, and Doctors Good and Peele and Barnes, have all tried their forceps... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:21

Job 19:21Have pity upon me, for the hand of God hath touched me.Christ’s passionApt illustration of a more perfect sufferer--one more holy than Job, and one involved in deeper sorrow.I. In many respects there is an analogy between the sufferers.1. Christ was an innocent and benevolent sufferer.2. But when was He not a sufferer?3. How His sufferings increased as He approached His end.4. It was the hand of God that had touched Him.5. Job suffered for himself, and for his own benefit; Christ, not... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:23-24

Job 19:23-24Oh that my words were now written! Job longing for a permanent memorialJob’s wish has been gratified; his memorial has found inscription on a tablet compared with which the granite rock is rubbish, and lead a withered leaf.It has found entry in the “Word of God, which liveth and endureth forever.” No temple of fame like this. This dying desire of Job to find memorial is much too natural to be at all strange. Nothing is more common in death scenes than to find the departing one rally... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:25-27

Job 19:25-27For I know that my Redeemer liveth.Of the resurrection (on Easter Day)This text is a prophecy and prediction of our Saviour Christ’s glorious resurrection. A sacred truth, requiring not only the assent, but the devotion and adoration of our faith. Here Job foresees and foretells the resurrection of Christ. He tells us that Christ, who by His death redeemed him, hath again obtained an endless life. That after His fall by death, He is recovered and got up again; stands, and shall... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:28

Job 19:28But ye should say, Why persecute we him? Toleration of intoleranceOne of the hardest things in this world is, for the tolerant to have to tolerate intolerance, for the liberal to have to endure illiberality, for the charitable to have to put up with bigotry. We can conceive of an intolerant person being vexed by the intolerance of others; but it is because their intolerance is not of the same kind as his own. To the abettors of particular theological tenets, and the adherents of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 19:7

Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment. Ver. 7. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard ] Nothing is more natural and usual than for men in misery to cry out for help. Job’s great grief was, that neither God nor man would regard his moans or deliver him out of the net. God did not rescue him, men did not right him or relieve him. His outcry seemeth to be the same in effect with that of Habakkuk the prophet, Habakkuk 1:2-3 , "O... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 19:8

Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. Ver. 8. He hath fenced up my way, &c. ] Here Job, carried away, as it were, with a torrent of grief, amplifieth his miseries by many other comparisons. And first of a traveller, whom nothing so much troubleth in his journey as hedges and darkness. God, saith Job, hath every way hedged me out of content and comfort, so that, though I seek it never so, I cannot find it. God’s people are oft brought... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:1-29

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:6-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:14

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:23-24

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:25-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 19:28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 19:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 19:8

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