CHAPTER XXX _Job proceeds to lament the change of his former condition, and_ _the contempt into which his adversity had brought him_, 1-15. _Pathetically describes the afflictions of his body and m...
BUT NOW THEY THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN I - Margin, “of fewer days.” It is not probable that Job here refers to his three friends. It is not possible to determine their age with accuracy, but in Job 15:10,...
CHAPTER 30 _ 1. His present humiliation and shame (Job 30:1)_ 2. No answer from God: completely forsaken (Job 30:20) Job 30:1. He had spoken of his past greatness and now he describes his present mi...
JOB 30. JOB'S PRESENT MISERY. As the text stands at present, Job begins by complaining that the very abjects of society now despise him. Many scholars, however, detach Job 30:2 as a misplaced section...
I. Note the "I" of adversity in Job 30. See note on Job 29:2....
_younger than I_ Comp. what was said of the demeanour of the youths in former days, ch. Job 30:8. _would have disdained to have set_ Or, I DISDAINED TO SET....
_JOB GOES ON TO LAMENT THE CHANGE OF HIS FORMER CONDITION, AND SETS FORTH THE CONTEMPT INTO WHICH HIS ADVERSITY HAD BROUGHT HIM._ _Before Christ 1645._...
2. Sorrowful description of his present sad estate (Job 30:1-31) a. The contempt he has from men of lowest class (Job 30:1-15) TEXT 30:1-15 1 BUT NOW THEY THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN I HAVE ME IN DERISIO...
_BUT NOW THEY THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN I HAVE ME IN DERISION, WHOSE FATHERS I WOULD HAVE DISDAINED TO HAVE SET WITH THE DOGS OF MY FLOCK._ Younger - not the three friends (Job 15:10; Job 22:4; Job 22:6)...
JOB'S PRESENT MISERY Job bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29. It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast and beggared. 1-8. Job complains that he is...
Formerly the most important people would gather to listen to Job. And they respected Job greatly. But now, the worst youths would gather to see Job. They would insult Job. And they would laugh at him...
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 30 JOB MAKES A LIST OF HIS...
XXX. (1) WHOSE FATHERS I WOULD HAVE DISDAINED. — Rather, _whose fathers I disdained to set._ The complaint is that the children of those who were so inferior to him should treat him thus....
וְ עַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי...
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...
Immediately Job passed to the description of his present condition, which is all the more startling as it stands in contrast with what he had said concerning the past. He first described the base who...
But now [they that are] younger than I (a) have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the (b) dogs of my flock. (a) That is, my estate is changed and while before the...
_Flock, to watch over them. (Sanchez) (Calmet) --- I had so little confidence in them, (Haydock) or they were so very mean. (Calmet) --- They were not as well fed as my dogs. (Nicetas.) --- Job does n...
(1) В¶ But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. (2) Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit m...
CONTENTS Job is still prosecuting his discourse in this chapter. Having in the former, pointed out-the day of his prosperity, he here draws a melancholy contrast, in a view of the state of adversity...
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...
BUT NOW [THEY THAT ARE] YOUNGER THAN I HAVE ME IN DERISION,.... Meaning not his three friends, who were men in years, and were not, at least all of them, younger than he, see Job 15:10; nor were they...
But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Ver. 1. _But now they that are younger than I have me in derisi...
_But now_, &c. Job having, in the foregoing chapter, described the honour of his former condition, goes on here, by way of contrast, to describe the vileness of his present state. _They that are young...
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, foolish and immature youngsters, WHOSE FATHERS I WOULD HAVE DISDAINED TO HAVE SET WITH THE DOGS OF MY FLOCK, to put on a level with the lowest...
JOB COMPLAINS OF THE CONTEMPT HE RECEIVES FROM MEN....
MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS (vv.1-8) What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had once shown Job every respect, but now young men of what might be considered the lowest class, w...
THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN I: _ Heb._ of fewer days than I...
"BUT NOW THOSE YOUNGER THAN. MOCK ME": Young people, rather than respecting him, ridiculed and made fun of him, compare with Job 29:8. "WHOSE FATHERS. DISDAINED TO PUT WITH THE DOGS OF MY FLOCK": "Wor...
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...
JOB CHAPTER 30 Job's honour is turned into contempt, JOB 30:1; his prosperity into calamity, fears, pains, despicableness, JOB 30:15; notwithstanding his prayer now, and his former charity, and hope,...
Job 30:1 mock H7832 (H8804) younger H6810 H3117 fathers H1 disdained H3988 (H8804) put H7896 ...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He reviews his present condition. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The best saints often receive the worst of indignities from a spiteful and scornful wor...
Job 30:1. _The dogs of my flock._ Job does not say this through pride, for he owns that the slave and himself were formed by the same hand: Job 31:15. He says it rather with a view to describe the sin...
_But now they that are younger than I have me in derision._ JOB’S SOCIAL DISABILITIES Man’s happiness as a social being is greatly dependent upon the kind feeling and respect which is shown to him b...
_THE CONTRAST.—JOB’S SOLILOQUY, CONTINUED_ With his former state of happiness and honour Job now contrasts his present misery and degradation. His object as well to show the grounds he has for complai...
EXPOSITION JOB 30:1 The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children, flourishing, in favour with both God and man, Job now present...
But now, chapter 30, he tells of the present condition. And just as glorious as was the past, so depressing is the present. But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I wo...
2 Kings 2:23; Acts 17:5; Isaiah 3:5; Job 19:13; Job 29:8;...
Younger — Whom both universal custom, and the light of nature, taught to reverence their elders and betters. Whose fathers — Whose condition was so mean, that in the opinion, of the world, they were u...