4. When I said, "Hear," &c., Job's demand ( :-) convicted him of being "without knowledge." God alone could speak thus to Job, not Job to God: therefore he quotes again God's words as the groundwork of retracting his own foolish words. read more
5. hearing of the ear— ( :-, Margin). Hearing and seeing are often in antithesis (Job 29:11; Psalms 18:8). seeth—not God's face (Exodus 33:20), but His presence in the veil of a dark cloud (Exodus 33:20- :). Job implies also that, besides this literal seeing, he now saw spiritually what he had indistinctly taken on hearsay before God's infinite wisdom. He "now" proves this; he had seen in a literal sense before, at the beginning of God's speech, but he had not seen spiritually till "now" at its... read more
6. myself—rather "I abhor," and retract the rash speeches I made against thee (Job 42:3; Job 42:4) [UMBREIT]. Job 42:4- :. EPILOGUE, in prose. read more
7. to Eliphaz—because he was the foremost of the three friends; their speeches were but the echo of his. right—literally, "well-grounded," sure and true. Their spirit towards Job was unkindly, and to justify themselves in their unkindliness they used false arguments (Job 13:7); (namely, that calamities always prove peculiar guilt); therefore, though it was "for God" they spake thus falsely, God "reproves" them, as Job said He would (Job 13:7- :). as . . . Job hath—Job had spoken rightly in... read more
8. seven—(See :-). The number offered by the Gentile prophet ( :-). Job plainly lived before the legal priesthood, c. The patriarchs acted as priests for their families and sometimes as praying mediators (Genesis 20:17), thus foreshadowing the true Mediator (Genesis 20:17- :), but sacrifice accompanies and is the groundwork on which the mediation rests. him—rather, "His person [face] only" (see on Genesis 20:17- :). The "person," must be first accepted, before God can accept his offering and... read more
9. The forgiving spirit of Job foreshadows the love of Jesus Christ and of Christians to enemies (Matthew 5:44; Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; Acts 16:24; Acts 16:28; Acts 16:30; Acts 16:31). read more
10. turned . . . captivity—proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified him for all he had lost (Ezekiel 16:53; Psalms 14:7; Hosea 6:11). Thus the future vindication of man, body and soul, against Satan (Hosea 6:11- :), at the resurrection (Hosea 6:11- :), has its earnest and adumbration in the temporal vindication of Job at last by Jehovah in person. twice—so to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 61:7; Zechariah 9:12). As in Job's case, so in that... read more
11. It was Job's complaint in his misery that his "brethren," were "estranged" from him (Job 19:13); these now return with the return of his prosperity (Proverbs 14:20; Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 19:7); the true friend loveth at all times (Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24). "Swallow friends leave in the winter and return with the spring" [HENRY]. eat bread—in token of friendship (Psalms 41:9). piece of money—Presents are usual in visiting a man of rank in the East, especially after a calamity (2... read more
12. Probably by degrees, not all at once. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 42:3
3. I am the man! Job in God's own words (Job 38:2) expresses his deep and humble penitence. God's word concerning our guilt should be engraven on our hearts and form the groundwork of our confession. Most men in confessing sin palliate rather than confess. Job in omitting "by words" (Job 38:2- :), goes even further than God's accusation. Not merely my words, but my whole thoughts and ways were "without knowledge." too wonderful—I rashly denied that Thou hast any fixed plan in governing human... read more