Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Job 31:4
Doth not He see my ways and count all my steps? It was the consciousness of God's omniscience and righteousness which caused Job to avoid even lustful glances and sinful desires.
Doth not He see my ways and count all my steps? It was the consciousness of God's omniscience and righteousness which caused Job to avoid even lustful glances and sinful desires.
Verse Job 31:4. _DOTH NOT HE SEE MY WAYS_] Can I suppose that I could screen myself from the eye of God while guilty of such iniquities?...
DOTH HE NOT SEE MY WAYS? - This either means that God was a witness of all that he did - his thoughts, words, and deeds, and would punish him if he had given indulgence to improper feelings and though...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
DOTH NOT HE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
Solemn declaration that neither in him nor in his conduct was there justification for the change, and he is ready to face God (Job 31:1-40) a. He was not lustful. (Job 31:1-8) TEXT 31:1-8 1 I MADE...
_FOR WHAT PORTION OF GOD IS THERE FROM ABOVE? AND WHAT INHERITANCE OF THE ALMIGHTY FROM ON HIGH?_ He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses. Verse 1. THINK - cast a (lustful)...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
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 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
Job knew that God was his judge. So Job was careful about his behaviour. A man might hide his evil deeds from other people. But nobody can hide from God (Psalms 139:1-10). JOB’S ATTITUDE WITH REGARD...
DOTH NOT HE. — The “He” is emphatic, obviously meaning God. His appeal is to the All-seeing knowledge of God, whom nothing escapes, and who is judge of the hearts and reins (Psalms 7:9; Psalms 44:21;...
הֲ לֹא ־ה֖וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽ כָל
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
(2) For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? (3) Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? (4) Doth...
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...
DOTH NOT HE SEE MY WAYS, AND COUNT ALL MY STEPS?] That is, God, who is above, and the Almighty that dwells on high; he looks down from heaven, and beholds all the ways and works, the steps and motions...
_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,...
_Is not destruction to the wicked?_ Destruction is their portion. _And a strange punishment_ Some extraordinary and dreadful judgment, which of right belongs to them. Hebrew, ונכר, _venecher, an alien...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
Job believes that God indeed sees all his actions and knows all his thoughts, therefore God would know that he is innocent. "God could have struck him dead long ago if he had been guilty of breaking h...
1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as reaching to the thoughts and...
i.e. All my counsels and courses. This is another reason why he was so circumspect and exact in restraining his thoughts, and senses, and whole man from sinful practices, because he knew that God woul...
Job 31:4 see H7200 (H8799) ways H1870 count H5608 (H8799) steps H6806 Job 14:16,...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:1 Job believes that his life is lived before and governed by THE ALMIGHTY, who does NUMBER ALL MY STEPS. A COVENANT WITH MY EYES. Job professes purity in avoiding sexual
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
2 Chronicles 16:9; Genesis 16:13; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 16:17;...