This verse is usually taken to mean that though God eludes him, He does know about Job. Some feel that Job here is saying that God is intentionally eluding Job because He knows that Job is innocent, for once He had heard Job's cause He would be forced to admit an injustice had been committed.
Verse Job 23:9. _ON THE LEFT HAND, WHERE HE DOTH WORK_] In these two verses Job mentions the four cardinal points of the heavens: the EAST, by the word קדם _kedem_, which signifies _before_; the WEST...
ON THE LEFT HAND - That is, in the North - at the left hand when the face was turned to the East. So the Chaldee, בצפונא - “on the North.” The other versions, the Vulgate, the Septuagint, the Syriac,...
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...
Job's Reply to the Third Speech of Eliphaz. Job continues to miss any Moral Government of the World by God As before, in the two preceding cycles of debate, Job's mind is too much absorbed in contemp...
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 e...
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:...
_ON THE LEFT HAND, WHERE HE DOTH WORK, BUT I CANNOT BEHOLD HIM: HE HIDETH HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT HAND, THAT I CANNOT SEE HIM:_ Rather, 'To the north.' WORK. God's glorious works are especially seen to...
23:9 hand, (a-4) hand, (a-20) See Note m at ver. 8....
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...
LEFT.. RIGHT] better, 'north'. 'south.' In ancient times the cardinal points were described by facing the east. 10A. RM 'For he knoweth the way that is with me'; i.e. my innocence....
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...
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...
שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּ עֲשֹׂתֹ֣ו וְ לֹא ־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ
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...
_Right, southward. --- See. The southern part of the heavens, or the antarctic stars would not be discerned in Idumea, chap. ix. 9. (Calmet) --- Job speaks in a human manner, as he was not ignorant of...
(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...
ON THE LEFT HAND, WHERE HE DOTH WORK, BUT I CANNOT BEHOLD [HIM],.... The northern part of the world, where his seat is, or the circle of the earth, says Bar Tzemach, and who has stretched out the nort...
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]: Ver. 9. _On the left hand, where he doth work_] _i.e._ Northward; where...
_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...
on the left hand, that is, to the North, WHERE HE DOTH WORK, where His activity is evident, BUT I CANNOT BEHOLD HIM; HE HIDETH HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT HAND, turning to the south, THAT I CANNOT SEE HIM. N...
JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...
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...
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...
WHERE HE DOTH WORK, to wit, in a special and peculiar manner, more than in other parts of the world; for so indeed God did work in those parts which were northward from Job, because there mankind (amo...
Job 23:9 works H6213 (H8800) hand H8040 behold H2372 (H8799) turns H5848 (H8799) hand H3225 see...
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...
Isaiah 8:17; Psalms 89:46...
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...