In refusing to answer, Job complains that God is treating him like. prisoner, "boxing him in and making it impossible for him to solve his dilemma…God watched every move he made, and branded his feet so that He could easily track Job by his unusual footprints" (Zuck p. 63).
Verse Job 13:27. _THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS_] בסד _bassad_, "in a clog," such as was tied to the feet of slaves, to prevent them from running away. This is still used in the West Indies...
THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS - The word rendered “stocks” (סד _sad_), denotes the wooden frame or block in which the feet of a person were confined for punishment. The whole passage here is...
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 ...
SETTEST. PRINT. they make. print on my feet....
_Thou puttest_ Rather, AND PUTTEST MY FEET IN &c. The verse describes his afflictions under three figures, all denoting arrest, impossibility of movement or escape, and chastisement. The first words a...
Job 13:22 to Job 14:22. Job pleads his cause before God Having ordered his cause and challenged his friends to observe how he will plead, Job now enters, with the boldness and proud bearing of one as...
THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS, &C.— _Thou puttest my feet also in a clog; thou watchest all my paths; thou settest a mark on the soles of my feet._ This alludes to the custom of putting a cl...
6. He calls on God for an arraignment. (Job 13:20-28) TEXT 13:20-28 20 Only do NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME: Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21 WITHDRAW THY HAND far FROM ME; And let not thy...
_THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS, AND LOOKEST NARROWLY UNTO ALL MY PATHS; THOU SETTEST A PRINT UPON THE HEELS OF MY FEET._ Stocks - in which the prisoner's feet were made fast until the time...
STOCKS] rather, 'clog,' to prevent slaves escaping. THOU SETTEST, etc] lit. 'Thou dost make a mark upon the roots of my feet,' perhaps, i.e. make them sore with the clog upon them....
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...
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...
Zophar said that God forgets some of our evil deeds (Job 11:6). Job did not agree. God sees all our actions. And God knows everything about us (Psalms 139:1-6). This is wonderful, because God wants to...
THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS. — This is illustrated by the language of the Psalms (Psalms 88:8; Psalms 142:7, &c.). There is a difficulty in these two verses, arising from the pronouns. Som...
וְ תָ֘שֵׂ֤ם בַּ † סַּ֨ד ׀ רַגְלַ֗י וְ...
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...
“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...
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...
Thou puttest my feet also in the (n) stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. (n) You make me your prisoner, and so press me that I cannot stir...
_Stocks, in which the person's legs were sometimes stretched to the sixth hole; (Calmet) at other times, the neck was confined. (Menochius) --- Some translate the Hebrew, "in the mud," which agrees wi...
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...
THOU PUTTEST MY FEET ALSO IN THE STOCKS,.... Which is one kind of punishment of offenders, and a preservation of them from making their escape; and is a security and reservation of them for further pu...
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. Ver. 27. _Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks_] Mercer here observ...
_Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks_ Thou encompassest me with thy judgments, so that I have no way or possibility to escape. _And lookest narrowly unto all my paths_ Makest a strict and diligent...
Thou put test my feet also in the stocks, treating him like a prisoner who was tortured by having his feet fastened to a block, AND LOOKEST NARROWLY UNTO ALL MY PATHS, watching him so closely as not t...
Job's Comfort and Prayer...
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...
LOOKEST NARROWLY: _ Heb._ observeth HEELS: _ Heb._ roots...
23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and...
Thou encompassest me with thy judgments, that I may have no way or possibility to escape. When thou hast me fast in prison, thou makest a strict and diligent search into all the actions of my life, th...
Job 13:27 put H7760 (H8799) feet H7272 stocks H5465 closely H8104 (H8799) paths H734 limit H2707 ...
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...
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...
_Thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet._ FOOTPRINTS True religion there cannot be without an abiding sense of our responsibilities. We must discover and realise our moral obligations, or we...
A PRISONER IN THE STOCKS Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks. Job 13:27. If you had lived a hundred years ago you would have been better able to appreciate this text. The punishment of the stock...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 13:27 YOU SET A LIMIT FOR THE SOLES OF MY FEET. The symbolic language refers either to confinement (“set a limit for”) or to the tracking of movement (“marked”; see esv footnote). Both...
_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...
EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; fo
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...
2 Chronicles 16:10; Acts 16:24; Job 10:6; Job 14:16; Job 16:9;...