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Job 16 |
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Job 16:1 Then Job answered and said,
Job reproves his friends
Eliphaz had represented Job’s discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light. What Job says of his friends is true of all creatures, in comparison with God; one time or other we shall be made to see and own that miserable comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually; all others, without him, do it miserably, and to no purpose. Whatever our brethren’s sorrows are, we ought by sympathy to make them our own; they may soon be so.
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1Then Job answered and said,2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
Job reproves his friends
Eliphaz had represented Job’s discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light. What Job says of his friends is true of all creatures, in comparison with God; one time or other we shall be made to see and own that miserable comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually; all others, without him, do it miserably, and to no purpose. Whatever our brethren’s sorrows are, we ought by sympathy to make them our own; they may soon be so.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-5
1Then Job answered and said,2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Since Eliphaz speaks so, as if the matter were of extraordinary importance, and talks as if his speech derived from the wisdom of the ancestors, Job also resumes the argument he had used at the beginning. Is what you say not evident, he says? Therefore, since you speak superficially and utter what comes to your mind without checking your words, do not be annoyed with me if I express the thoughts of my mind. - "Commentary on Job 16.1–2"
You are “comforters” but very wicked ones. No word of yours is for the good, but they are all for the bad. You teach, you give advice, and you propose not how ordeals must be avoided, but how [new] ordeals will be obtained from affliction! [You do not teach] how a storm must be abated but how harmful agitations can be raised from peace. - "Homilies on Job 19.16.2b"
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Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job reproves his friends
Eliphaz had represented Job’s discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light. What Job says of his friends is true of all creatures, in comparison with God; one time or other we shall be made to see and own that miserable comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually; all others, without him, do it miserably, and to no purpose. Whatever our brethren’s sorrows are, we ought by sympathy to make them our own; they may soon be so.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-5
1Then Job answered and said,2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Job reproves his friends
Eliphaz had represented Job’s discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light. What Job says of his friends is true of all creatures, in comparison with God; one time or other we shall be made to see and own that miserable comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually; all others, without him, do it miserably, and to no purpose. Whatever our brethren’s sorrows are, we ought by sympathy to make them our own; they may soon be so.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-5
1Then Job answered and said,2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Job has phrased this in the form of a question and not in order to look for an argument. This means “Will I really join words together against you? Or will I really shake my head at you? Not at all! It is convenient for the righteous to take upon himself the afflictions of others and not to trample underfoot or to exaggeratedly insist wickedly, as you do concerning my torments.” - "Homilies on Job 19.16.4c–d"
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Job 16:5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Job reproves his friends
Eliphaz had represented Job’s discourses as unprofitable, and nothing to the purpose; Job here gives his the same character. Those who pass censures, must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless, but what good does it do? Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light. What Job says of his friends is true of all creatures, in comparison with God; one time or other we shall be made to see and own that miserable comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually; all others, without him, do it miserably, and to no purpose. Whatever our brethren’s sorrows are, we ought by sympathy to make them our own; they may soon be so.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-5
1Then Job answered and said,2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-16
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-16
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Your words cruelly pierce me, because you endeavor to present me as a false witness before God, whose wrath “has torn me.” Even in the middle of my mourning, where the loss of the children and cattle had dragged me, bodily pains invaded me. And I certainly remained silent, but he struck me with ominous reports and harsh news. - "Commentary on Job 16.9"
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Job 16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-16
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-16
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
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Job 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
He represents his case as deplorable
Here is a doleful representation of Job’s grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-16
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
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Job 16:17 Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Job 16:19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Job 16:20 My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Job 16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Job 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
Job maintains his innocency
Job’s condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his sorrows. Those who pour out tears before God, though they cannot plead for themselves, by reason of their defects, have a Friend to plead for them, even the Son of man, and on him we must ground all our hopes of acceptance with God. To die, is to go the way whence we shall not return. We must all of us, very certainly, and very shortly, go this journey. Should not then the Savior be precious to our souls? And ought we not to be ready to obey and to suffer for his sake? If our consciences are sprinkled with his atoning blood, and testify that we are not living in sin or hypocrisy, when we go the way whence we shall not return, it will be a release from prison, and an entrance into everlasting happiness.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.19Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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