Job 9:14-35 ESV

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:21

Strophe c The consciousness of his innocence not only leads him to self-assertion, but to a most violent arraignment of God as an unjust judge. The arraignment involves a twofold count the destruction of the innocent and guilty together, and the consignment of the world into the hands of the wicked, Job 9:21-24. 21. I [ am ] perfect Innocent. Hebrew same as above. What he had hesitated in the preceding verse to speak, from fear of the divine power, Job will now declare at all... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:22

22. This is one thing It is all one, “a matter of indifference whether I live or die.” Dillmann. The Chaldee rendering, “There is one and the same measure,” Wordsworth thus follows: “There is one and the same thing to the wicked and righteous;” but this would tautologically anticipate the same thought in the next clause. “It is all one,” Job cries; I have nothing more to hope or fear; therefore I will say it (out with it) the good and the wicked are involved in the same doom. HE... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:23

23. Jerome remarks that “in the whole book Job says nothing more bitter than this” a volcanic outbreak of unspeakable misery. He will laugh Schultens and others read, it will laugh, referring to the scourge. Though the figure be not too bold for poetry, the text is better. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:24

24. “In this second illustration there is an advance in the thought, in so far as here a part, at least, of the wicked are excepted from the general ruin: nay, appear even as threatening the same to the pious.” Schlottmann. Covereth the faces Criminals had their faces covered prior to execution. Esther 7:8. A like custom prevailed among the Greeks and Romans. (Quintus Curtius, 6:8; Livy, 1:26.) God, Job might say, treats the judges, who are presumed to be the best of men, as malefactors,... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:25

Second section, in strophes of four, three, and four verses JOB’S CASE A PRE-EMINENT ILLUSTRATION OF THIS MORAL CONFUSION, Job 9:25-35. Strophe a The premature destruction of his life, and his intolerable burden of sorrows, show God’s estimate of him to be that of an evil-doer, Job 9:25-28. 25. A post A courier. In eastern countries messages are transmitted by couriers, who, having at their command relays of horses, dromedaries, or men, travel with almost incredible speed. Comp.... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:26

26. Passed away as Literally, Glide along with. חלפו . See note on Job 9:11. The poet, in a figure finely conceived, links his passing days with the gliding of a river, whose silent, insensible current serves only to hasten the motion of the frail, swift craft its bosom bears. The frailty of the skiff Job speaks of images well the frail voyager of life, as he, too, glides among the stream of time. Swift ships אבה , ebeh, reed, or papyrus. Light in their structure, skiffs made of... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:27

27. Heaviness, etc. Literally, Face, dark looks. Comfort myself Look cheerful. The original expresses the brightening up of the countenance by an exquisite metaphor taken from the lighting up of the sky when the clouds are lifted. Psalms 39:13. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:29

Strophe b Job is divinely judged to be guilty; all efforts to free himself from guilt will therefore be futile, Job 9:29-31. 29. If I be wicked I, I am to be held guilty. Literally, I shall be guilty. Omit if. There is no escape from the divine determination. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:30

30. A specimen of abortive labour. Snow water was regarded by the ancients as possessed of peculiarly cleansing power. Thus Petronius, (in Satyr:) “We reclined at table, the boys having poured snow water upon our hands.” In the fable of Lockman, the black man rubs his body with snow in order to make it white. Mohammed prays, “Lord, wash me from my sins, white with water, snow, and ice.” Never so clean Literally, Clean with lye. בור , bor, was a vegetable salt, obtained from the... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:31

31. Truly man’s defilement must be great if so be, after he has cleansed himself with the best detergents of his day, God’s purity would cast him, the naked one, into a slimy pit, so that his own clothes should conceive a horror of him “start back in terror at the idea of being put on and defiled by such a horrible creature.” Schlottmann. See sermon by Dr. Chalmers, (Job 9:30-33,) on an estimate of the morality that is without godliness. read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:21

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:22

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:23

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:24

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:25

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:26

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:27

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:29

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:30

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:31

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