Job 30 - Introduction
* Job's honour is turned into contempt. (1-14) Job a burden to himself. (15-31)... [ Continue Reading ]
* Job's honour is turned into contempt. (1-14) Job a burden to himself. (15-31)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We s... [ Continue Reading ]
15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy!... [ Continue Reading ]