From this fascinating dream of a Divine tribunal after the manner of that of a human judge, Job awakens to realise the actual circumstances in which he is placed. God, everywhere present, everywhere eludes him; he feels His omnipotent power, but in vain seeks to see His face.
Verse Job 23:8. _BEHOLD, I GO FORWARD_] These two verses paint in vivid colours the distress and anxiety of a soul in search of the favour of God. No _means_ are left _untried_, no _place unexplored_,...
BEHOLD, I GO FORWARD - The meaning of these verses is, I go in all directions, but I cannot find God. I am excluded from the trial which I seek, and I cannot bring my cause to his throne. Job expresse...
CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...
Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._ Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced t...
B. JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job 24:25) 1. Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...
_BEHOLD, I GO FORWARD, BUT HE IS NOT THERE; AND BACKWARD, BUT I CANNOT PERCEIVE HIM:_ But I wish in vain. For "behold," etc. FORWARD ... BACKWARD - rather, 'to the east, to the west.' The Hebrew geogr...
23:8 forward, (m-4) backward, (m-11) Or, for verses 8 and 9, 'to the east ... to the west ... to the north ... to the south.'...
JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself (Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...
FORWARD.. BACKWARD] better,' east'. 'west.'...
God is not like a human judge, whom Job could visit. God rules heaven and earth. He works everywhere (Psalms 139:7-10). And nobody can control him (John 3:8). JOB TRUSTS GOD V10 But God knows where...
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 23 JOB SPEAKS AGAIN JOB WA...
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XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...
“HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE” Job 23:1 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misunderstand...
In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...
(e) Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (e) Meaning, that if he considers God's justice, he is not able to comprehend his judgments on what side or...
_East, or Hebrew, "before....if behind I cannot perceive him." (Calmet) --- Where, then, shall I find this just judge? ver. 3. (Haydock)_...
(8) В¶ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (9) On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that...
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...
BEHOLD, I GO FORWARD, BUT HE [IS] NOT [THERE],.... Job here returns to what he had said before, Job 23:3; as Jarchi observes, where he expresses his earnest desire after God, that he might know where...
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Ver. 8. _Behold, I go forward_] Heb. Eastward, which is reckoned the forepart of the world; because that eye of...
_I go forward_ קדם, _kedem, ad orientem, toward the east:_ אחור, _achor, ad occidentem, toward the west;_ so the Vulgate, which is likewise the interpretation of the Jewish commentators, who by the _l...
JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; whether he goes to the east or to the west, he cannot find the judgment-seat of God, and so the joyful prospect whic...
HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that occu...
Job searches in all directions for God, yet this search is in vain. In contrast, the writer of Psalm 139 will declare that God is everywhere. "Jehovah seems to be playing some kind of hide-and-seek ga...
8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before...
I GO FORWARD, i.e. towards the east, which in Scripture is accounted the forepart of the world, as the Hebrew name of it signifies, because of the light of the sun, which ariseth there, and draweth th...
Job 23:8 go H1980 (H8799) forward H6924 backward H268 perceive H995 (H8799) Job 9:11;...
Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and losses he has sustained; and he is somewhat irritated by the...
We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit instruct us during our reading! Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plight, grievously distressed in mind, and yet, for all...
Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves with the thought that they are being tried,...
Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...
_Behold, I go forward, but He is not there._ OBSCURITY OF THE DIVINE WORKING The perplexities felt by Job on this and kindred problems were not greater or more harassing than they are to us. Our adva...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:1 Job is tired of arguing his case before his friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before...
_JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access to...
EXPOSITION VERSES 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his co...
And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2). Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm not eve...
1 Timothy 6:16; Isaiah 45:15; Job 9:11; Psalms 10:1; Psalms 13:1...
JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remember...
Is not — As a judge to hear and determine my causes, otherwise he knew God was essentially present in all places....