And he, namely, Job, the persecuted one, as a rotten thing, consumeth, wasting away, falling into nothingness from rottenness, as a garment that is moth-eaten. The defiant mood of Job once more changes to despair, since God did not answer him, the same feeling which takes hold of believers in our days when they think their prayers for relief are not heeded by the Lord.
Verse Job 13:28. _AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING_] I am like a _vessel_ made of _skin_; rotten, because of old age, or like a _garment_ corroded by the _moth_. So the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Arabic_ und...
AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING, CONSUMETH - Noyes renders this, “And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away.” Dr. Good translates it, “Well may he dissolve as corrupttion.” Rosenmuller supposes that...
CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...
HE, &C.. they (my feet) waste away....
_And he as a rotten thing_ Or, ONE WHO AS A rotten thing. Job no more speaks of himself in the first person, but in the third, because he thinks of himself as one of the human race in general, which i...
Job 13:22 to Job 14:22. Job pleads his cause before God Having ordered his cause and challenged his friends to observe how he will plead, Job now enters, with the boldness and proud bearing of one as...
6. He calls on God for an arraignment. (Job 13:20-28) TEXT 13:20-28 20 Only do NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME: Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21 WITHDRAW THY HAND far FROM ME; And let not thy...
_AND HE, AS A ROTTEN THING, CONSUMETH, AS A GARMENT THAT IS MOTH EATEN._ Job speaks of himself in the third person, thus forming the transition to the general lot of man (Job 14:1; Psalms 39:11; Hosea...
13:28 as (b-8) Or 'and he [whom thou pursuest] consumeth as a rotten thing, as,' &c....
JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favour...
AND HE, etc.] RV 'Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth'; an allusion to his miserable state....
Perhaps Job was thinking about his illness. He had painful spots on every part of his body (Job 2:7). Perhaps insects were attacking his spots. His body seemed so weak. He was sure that he would die s...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 13 JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
וְ֭ הוּא כְּ רָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝ בֶ֗גֶד
XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...
“THOUGH HE SLAY ME” Job 13:1 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his sins, for which he was sufferin...
Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...
_Rottenness. Septuagint, "an old vessel," or skin, to contain wine, &c. (Calmet) --- My condition might excite pity. (Menochius)_...
REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I pause over this view of Job's confidence, and ask our own hearts whether, in our approaches now in ordinances, and looking forward to our appearance shortly before t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
AND HE AS A ROTTEN THING CONSUMETH,.... This by some Jewish writers z is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, Job 13:25; and so the sense is, that hi...
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Ver. 28. _And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth_] Heb. Waxeth old. He, that is, this poor man, this silly wretch, as David speake...
_And he, as a rotten thing_ That is, man, as some commentators suppose, thinking that Job speaks of himself in the third person, and that the sense is, this poor frail creature, this carcass, or body...
JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and understood...
Job once again sinks back into despair. "His life is rotten and like. pest-eaten garment decaying with no hope of recovery" _(Strauss pp. 127-128). _...
23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and...
HE; either, 1. Man, or Job, supposed to be God's adversary in this contest. So he speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, _he_, i.e. this po...
Job 13:28 decays H1086 (H8799) thing H7538 garment H899 moth-eaten H6211 H398 (H8804) And he -...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us all that is dear to us in this world, re...
Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil you accept of persons. Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...
_And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten._ ROTTEN ESTABLISHMENTS “A revival of commercial confidence cannot be expected so long as rotten trading establishments continue...
A MOTH-EATEN GARMENT A garment that is moth-eaten. Job 13:28. I want you to take a good look at what I have brought you today. It is a cashmere shawl belonging to an old lady who is a friend of min...
_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_ I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1). “Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...
EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; fo
Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...
Hosea 5:12; Job 30:17; Job 30:29; Job 30:30; Job 4:19;...
He — He speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, he, this poor frail creature, this body of mine; which possibly he pointed at with his finge...