Sword — Of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you which is called the sword, as Deuteronomy 32:41, and elsewhere. That — This admonition I give you, that you may know it in time, and prevent it. A judgment — God sees and observes, and will judge all your words and actions.
Verse Job 19:29. _BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD_] Of God's judgments. _FOR WRATH BRINGETH_] Such anger as ye have displayed against me, God will certainly resent and punish. _THAT YE MAY KNOW_ THERE IS...
BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD - Of the sword of justice, of the wrath of God. In taking such views, and using such language, you ought to dread the vengeance of God, for he will punish the guilty. FOR WRA...
CHAPTER 19 JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD _ 1. How long will ye vex my soul? (Job 19:1)_ 2. And I am not heard! (Job 19:7) 3. Forsaken of men he pleads to be pitied (Job 19:13) 4. Faith supreme ...
JOB 19. JOB'S ANSWER. Here the gradual progress of Job's soul towards faith reaches its climax (Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that Job's problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side,...
PUNISHMENTS. sins; "sins" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishments called for by them. THERE IS. JUDGMENT. that judgment will be executed....
Brief threat to his three friends. God's appearance, which will bring joy to Job, will carry terror to those who persecute him and fasten false charges of guilt upon him. The language in these verses...
_for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword_ This translation seems to assume that "wrath" here is that of men, such wrath as Job's friends shewed towards him. But the word is too strong to be ta...
6. He warns his friends to cease their persecution. (Job 19:28-29) TEXT 19:28, 29 28 IF YE SAY, HOW WE WILL PERSECUTE HIM! And that the root of the matter Is found in me; 29 Be ye afraid of the sw...
_BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD: FOR WRATH BRINGETH THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE SWORD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THERE IS A JUDGMENT._ BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD - the punishment, about to be inflicted by the coming Judg...
JOB'S FIFTH SPEECH In this speech Job repeats his bitter complaints of God's injustice, and man's contemptuous abandonment of one formerly so loved and honoured. He appeals in broken utterances to his...
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 19 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...
Bildad argued this in Job 18:7-10. Job warned the friends not to be unfair. God would punish them if their words were evil....
BE YE AFRAID... — Job threatens his friends with that condign punishment of which they regarded him as a conspicuous example....
גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִ פְּנֵי ־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי ־ח֭
XVI. "MY REDEEMER LIVETH" Job 19:1 Job SPEAKS WITH simple strong art sustained by exuberant eloquence the author has now thrown his hero upon our sympathies, blending a strain of expectancy with te...
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH” Job 19:1 In Job's melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him with disdain; his...
To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, le...
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the (t) punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. (t) God will be avenged of this harsh judgment by which you condemned me....
_Know. Septuagint, "And then they shall know that their power is nowhere;" or, "where is their substance?" (Grabe) (Haydock) --- Job menaces his friends with God's judgments, as they had done him. (Ca...
(28) But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? (29) Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a...
REFLECTIONS READER! have not you and I cause to blush, while we thus behold a man like Job, in ages so remote from the clear sunshine of the gospel, and overwhelmed as he was with such a pressure of w...
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...
BE YE AFRAID OF THE SWORD,.... Not of the civil magistrate, nor of a foreign enemy, but of the avenging sword of divine justice; lest God should whet the glittering sword of his justice, and his hand...
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. Ver. 29. _Be ye afraid of the sword_] Heb. Be ye afraid for yourselves, from the...
_Be ye afraid of the sword_ Of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you, which is called the sword; as Deuteronomy 32:41, and elsewhere. That is, if ye continue to persecute me. So Houbigant...
Be ye afraid of the sword, which the vengeance of God would bring upon them; FOR WRATH BRINGETH THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE SWORD, the crimes, the transgressions, of the sword are invariably overtaken by w...
JOB STATES HIS BELIEF IN FINAL VINDICATION...
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD (vv.1-6). Though Job did not lose his temper at the unjust accusations of Bildad, he shows here that the reproaches of his friends have struck deeply into his soul. "How long w...
23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. He...
OF THE SWORD, i.e. of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you, which is called the sword; as DEUTERONOMY 32:41, and oft elsewhere. Do not please yourselves with such pretences and crafty eva...
Job 19:29 afraid H1481 (H8798) sword H2719 wrath H2534 punishment H5771 of H6440 sword H2719 know H3045 ...
Job 19:1. _Then, Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?_ They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His sublime faith. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: We may easily bear the unjust reproaches of men if we live in expectation of the glorious appearance o...
Job 19:3. _These ten times have ye reproached me._ A form of speech which puts a certain number for one less certain. Job had no doubt noticed about ten principal arguments levelled against him. Job 1...
_Then Job answered and said._ COMPLAINTS AND CONFIDENCES I. Job bitterly complaining. 1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their want of sympathy. (1) They exasperated him...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:1 Job responds, asking his friends how long they will persist in accusing him and why they feel no shame for doing so. Even if he has done wrong, it is God who has brought about his...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:28 Job uses the image of the SWORD to refer to passing JUDGMENT. He warns the friends against assuming that they can wield the sword of judgment that belongs to God alone....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:29 The WRATH of the friends is a sin that deserves PUNISHMENT (see Job 31:11,...
NOTES Job 19:23. “_O that my words were now written!_” The “words” understood as either— (1) _Those now to be uttered_. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c. As an everlasting monument of his faith...
EXPOSITION JOB 19:1 Job begins his answer to Bildad's second speech by an expostulation against the unkindness of his friends, who break him in pieces, and torture him, with their reproaches (verses...
Then Job answered and said, How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with your words? These ten times you have reproached me: and you're not ashamed that you made yourself like a stranger...
Ecclesiastes 11:9; James 4:11; James 4:12; Job 13:7; Matthew 7:1;...
JOB'S VICTORIOUS FAITH Job 19:23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS All of the heroes of the faith have not lived in our day. To tell the truth, we fear that the heroic faith which marked the ancients is waning. E...