Job 31:1-35 ESV

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:19

Job 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing. A good man’s righteousnessThese words do in general set forth the practice of a good man in the acts of mercy and righteousness, which do, above all others, declare him a follower of our blessed Lord. But chiefly they do imply something concerning the nature, manner, and object of those acts. In vulgar practice indeed men care not much for any acquaintance with the needy, and are all for doing kindnesses to them whose fortunes do not... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:24-28

Job 31:24-28If I have made gold my hope.On the love of moneyHow universal is it among those who are in pursuit of wealth to make gold their hope; and, among those who are in possession of wealth, to make fine gold their confidence! Yet we are here told that this is virtually as complete a renunciation of God as to practise some of the worst charms of idolatry. We recoil from an idolater as from one who labours under a great moral derangement, in suffering his regards to be carried away from the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:33

Job 31:33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom.Hiding and confessing sinTo cover and hide sin is sin: it is the adding of sin to sin. Sin is the disease of the soul, and there is no such way to increase and make a disease desperate as to conceal it. Silence feeds and cherishes the diseases of the body; and so it doth the diseases of our souls. Sin increaseth two ways, by concealment or hiding.1. In the guilt of it. The obligation to punishment takes... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:1

Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Ver. 1. I made a covenant with mine eyes ] This chapter, since it is one of the largest in all the book, so it is elegant, various, and very full of matter; for it shows us, as in a mirror, both what we should do and what we should not do. Good Melancthon, about the beginning of the Reformation, mournfully complained, Quos fugiamus habemus; quos sequamur non intelligimus, We have whom to flee from (meaning the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:2

Job 31:2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Ver. 2. For what portion of God is there from above? ] What but a portion with the devil and hypocrites? The unjust are reserved unto the day of judgment to be punished, saith Peter; but chiefly, they that walk after the flesh, in the lust of uncleanness, 2 Peter 2:9-10 . Such shall have a specialty of punishment, even the hottest fire in hell; and hereby Job frighted his conscience... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:3

Job 31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity? Ver. 3. Is not destruction to the wicked? ] Yes, that is their portion, their inheritance; and so Job makes answer to his own question proposed in the preceding verse. The ruin of impure souls is infallible, unsupportable, unavoidable; if God hath aversion from all other sinners, he hath hatred and horror for the unchaste; such stinking goats shall be set on the left hand, and sent to hell;... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:4

Job 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? Ver. 4. Doth he not see my ways, and count, &c. ] Yea, sure he doth so; and the conscience of God’s omniscience, who would soon take him tripping, kept him from this great wickedness. So it did Joseph, but so it did not David; who is, therefore, said to despise God and his commandment, 2Sa 12:9-10 to do evil in his sight; and this was no small aggravation of his offence. Ne pecces, Deus ipse videt. "I have seen the lewdness of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:5

Job 31:5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Ver. 5. If I have walked with vanity ] As they do who disquiet themselves in vain, in heaping up riches by evil arts, by deceits and covin in bargaining; by getting other men’s means fraudulently, &c. "The getting of treasures by a lying tongue" (or any the like indirect course) "is a vanity tossed to and fro for them who seek death," Proverbs 21:6 . Eventually such do seek death, though not intentionally; they... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:6

Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Ver. 6. Let me be weighed in an even balance ] Heb. Let him weigh me; Examine me, saith Tremellius. David, with the like confidence, Search me, O God, saith he, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, any course of sin that is grievous to God or man, wherein I have walked, or my foot hath hasted, Psalms 139:23-24 . Job would not rest in his own heart’s applause;... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:7

Job 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; Ver. 7. If my step hath turned out of the way ] sc. Of justice and equity, in trading and trafficking to get the mammon of unrighteousness. No; the sun might sooner be turned out of his course (as it was once said of Fabricius) than Job out of the track of truth and honesty; he had laid laws upon his feet, his eyes, and his hands too; binding them all to the good... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:24-28

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 31:33

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 31:7

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