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Verse Job 13:8. _WILL YE ACCEPT HIS PERSON?_] Do you think to act by
him as you would by a _mortal_; and, by telling lies in his favour,
attempt to conciliate his esteem?...
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WILL YE ACCEPT HIS PERSON? - That is, will you be partial to him? The
language is such as is used in relation to courts of justice, where a
judge shows favor to one of the parties on account of birth,...
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CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR
_ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_
2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7)
3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1)
4. He appeals to God ...
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Job has shown that he can speak of God's working in the world; the
friends, however, offer an apology for God, which He Himself must
reject. I am not inferior to you in knowledge, says Job (Job 13:2)....
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WILL YE CONTEND FOR GOD— The Hebrew for _contend_ is a judicial
term, and oftentimes used for putting a sentence in execution. Of this
there is a particular instance in the case of Gideon, who was dem...
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4. The friends are self-deceived. (Job 13:1-12)
TEXT 13:1-12
LO, MINE EYE HATH SEEN ALL _this,_
MINE EAR HATH HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD IT.
2 What ye know, _the same_ DO I KNOW ALSO:
I am not inferior...
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_WILL YE ACCEPT HIS PERSON? WILL YE CONTEND FOR GOD?_
Accept his person - God's; i:e., be partial for Him, as when a judge
favours one party in a trial, because of personal considerations.
CONTEND F...
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JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED)
1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He
rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it
as an attempt to curry favour...
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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 13
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
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Job was right about his friends’ unfair words. Later, God told them
that he was angry with them (Job 42:7). When God told them this, they
obeyed him. They asked Job to pray for them. And God forgave t...
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הֲ פָנָ֥יו תִּשָּׂא֑וּן אִם ־לָ †
אֵ֥ל...
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XII.
BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD
Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1
Job SPEAKS
ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set
down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...
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“THOUGH HE SLAY ME”
Job 13:1
The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an
appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his
sins, for which he was sufferin...
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Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge
was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God
(1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...
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_Accept. Hebrew, "will you not be seized with fear?" Olympiodorus
translates, "will you stad in his presence, and dispute with him?"
(Calmet) --- Septuagint, "Are you sent to be judges?" &c., or, do y...
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(1) В¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and
understood it. (2) What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not
inferior unto you. (3) Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I
de...
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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...
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WILL YE ACCEPT HIS PERSON?.... Accepting persons ought not to be done
in judgment by earthly judges; which is done when they give a cause to
one through favour and affection to his person, because ric...
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Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Ver. 8. _Will ye accept his person?_] While you think to gratify him,
and to ingratiate with him by oppressing me? Can you find no other way
of jus...
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_Hear now my reasoning_ Attend to it, and consider it more seriously
than you have done; _and hearken to the pleadings of my lips_ That is,
to the arguments which I shall produce. _Will ye speak wicke...
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JOB DEFENDS GOD AGAINST THE SUSPICION OF ARBITRARINESS...
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Will ye accept His person? That is, would they show preference for His
countenance, partiality for His person? WILL YE CONTEND FOR GOD,
acting the part of God's advocates or lawyers? Their actions see...
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JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS
(vv.1-12)
Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells
Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and
understood...
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1-12 With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be
taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves,
and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or
dist...
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WILL YE ACCEPT HIS PERSON? not judging according to the right of the
cause, but the quality of the person, as corrupt judges do. WILL YE
CONTEND, i.e. wrangle and quarrel with me, and cavil at my spee...
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Job 13:8 partiality H5375 (H8799) H6440 contend H7378 (H8799) God H410
Job 32:21,...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us
all that is dear to us in this world, re...
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Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence.
Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil
you accept of persons.
Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 13:3 Before he turns to address his lament directly
to God (Job 13:20), Job argues that his friends have misdiagnosed him
(WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS;...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 13:6 Using legal terminology, Job says his friends
are showing favoritism to his divine opponent in making his CASE for
him (v. Job 13:8)....
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_
I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not
inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1).
“Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2
The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1;
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Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now
what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...
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Exodus 23:2; Exodus 23:3; Job 32:21; Job 34:19; Malachi 2:9;...
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Accept — Not judging according to the right of the cause, but the
quality or the person....