Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Job 29:10
It lay as still as if it had done so, and they could not have spoken.
It lay as still as if it had done so, and they could not have spoken.
Verse Job 29:10. _THE NOBLES HELD THEIR PEACE_] PRINCES שרים _sarim_, and NOBLES, נגידים _negidim_, must have been _two_ different classes of the great men of Idumea. שר _sar_, PRINCE, _director_, or...
THE NOBLES - Margin, “The voice of the nobles was hid.” Literally, this may be rendered, “as to the voice the nobles hid themselves;” or the phrase here employed (נגידים קול נחבאו _n__e__châbâ'û_ _...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
The meaning seems to be that Job's arrival put a stop to speech and discussion already going on, which was not resumed until he should be heard....
D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40) 1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25) a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10) TEXT 29:1-
_WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE GATE THROUGH THE CITY, WHEN I PREPARED MY SEAT IN THE STREET!_ The great influence Job had over young and old, and noblemen. THROUGH ... STREET - rather, 'when I went out of...
29:10 hushed, (k-7) Lit.'was hidden.'...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
Before Job’s troubles began, everybody used to respect Job. In ancient times, walls would surround a city. There would be a square by the city’s main gate. People would gather there for meetings. The...
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 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
קֹול ־נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝ לְשֹׁונָ֗ם לְ...
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 BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
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...
THE NOBLES HELD THEIR PEACE,.... These may be in some respects inferior to the others; not princes of the blood, or sons of kings, who were properly princes, and yet great personages, of a noble extra...
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. Ver. 10. _The nobles held their peace_] The Hebrew word for nobles signifieth such as stand in the presence of great...
_The young men saw me and hid themselves_ Out of reverence to my person and dignity, or out of a consciousness of their guilt and folly, which they supposed I might understand either by information fr...
The nobles held their peace, literally, "the voice of nobles hid itself," or, "themselves," it was no longer heard, AND THEIR TONGUE CLEAVED TO THE ROOF OF THEIR MOUTH, awed by the presence of the wis...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
THE NOBLES HELD THEIR PEACE: _ Heb._ The voice of the nobles was hid...
7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such g...
Job 29:10 voice H6963 nobles H5057 hushed H2244 (H8738) tongue H3956 stuck H1692 (H8804) mouth H2441 noble
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Ezekiel 3:26; Psalms 137:6...
Cleaved — It lay as still as if he had done so....