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Job 17 |
King James Version
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Job 17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
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1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
“My spirit is broken” in bitterness and pain, because my ulcers torture me, or, on the other hand, because of my friends, who are ready to burst out against their friend. - "Commentary on Job 17.1–2"
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Job 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:8 Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Job appeals from man to God
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job’s afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-9
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.8Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
I cannot say, in fact, that I receive mercy, which is the only privilege common to those who suffer. On the contrary, I am a laughingstock for the senseless; the righteous are frightened because of me. How can the faithful continue on his way?… “Let the faithful remain on his own way,” Job says, “and let him who is pure of heart take courage.” But how will a pure person keep his courage after these events happened in this manner against all hopes? Let us disregard what concerns me. How will others stand in the way of righteousness? Therefore I call you to a new judgment. - "Commentary on Job 17.8a–9b"
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Job 17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
His hope is not in life, but in death
Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 10-16
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.12They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.13If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Why do we build palaces? Why do we care for the drapery of beds and for the different garments? Why do we add estate to estate, strangle the poor and strike the needy? Why do we want to increase those riches that will not come together with us? And why do we not bend our ears to the truthful oracles? Why do we not believe in the commandment of the Judge and do not obey what he said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal”? For our angels protect our treasures, and, above all, the Lord of the angels. - "Homilies on Job 20.17.16"
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