Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Job 29:21
Expecting till I spoke, and silently listening to my counsel, which they were confident would be like the oracle of God, wise, and just, and good, and preferring it before their own judgment.
Expecting till I spoke, and silently listening to my counsel, which they were confident would be like the oracle of God, wise, and just, and good, and preferring it before their own judgment.
Verse Job 29:21. _UNTO ME_ MEN _GAVE EAR_] The same idea as in Job 29:9....
UNTO ME MEN GAVE EAR - Job here returns to the time when he sat in the assembly of counsellors, and to the respectful attention which was paid to all that he said. They listened when he spoke; they wa...
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)....
Return to the main thought of the passage, his place among men, his brothers....
c. The honor that was his (Job 29:18-25) TEXT 29:18-25 18 THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: 19 My root is spread oat to the waters, And the dew lieth...
_UNTO ME MEN GAVE EAR, AND WAITED, AND KEPT SILENCE AT MY COUNSEL._ Job reverts with perculiar pleasure to his former dignity in assemblies (Job 29:7)....
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...
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...
These people were glad to hear Job. They loved him. His words seemed precious to them. Nobody would argue with Job then. They thought that his speeches were always right. But after Job suffered his g...
לִֽי ־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְ יִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝ יִדְּמ֗וּ 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...
(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was fresh in m...
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...
UNTO ME [MEN] GAVE EAR,.... Or give ear, or shall give ear, being all ear; all attention to him, listening to what he said with the utmost diligence and earnestness; even all sorts of men, high and lo...
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. Ver. 21. _Unto me men gave ear, and waited_] _i.e._ Such a gift I had in flexanimous oratory, that my auditors were held, as it wer...
_Unto me men gave ear_ When I spake all men gave me the greatest attention, and my word was a law to them; _and waited and kept silence_, &c. Expecting till I spake, and silently listening to my couns...
Unto me men gave ear and waited, they paused for Job to speak first, his counsel being decisive, AND KEPT SILENCE AT MY COUNSEL, not presuming to contradict him....
JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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...
Job remembers how men had been eager for his counsel and had received it as refreshing rain....
18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but...
Job 29:21 listened H8085 (H8804) waited H3176 (H8765) silence H1826 (H8799) for H3926 counsel H6098
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—NOTE ON JOB 29:21 Unlike the present, when his three friends challenge his every word, there was a time when people recognized Job’s wisdom and after he SPOKE THEY DID NOT SPEAK AGAIN....
_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...
Job 29:10; Job 29:9; Job 32:11; Job 32:12...