Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 13:1
Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
all this. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "all these things". Compare Job 33:29.
Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
all this. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "all these things". Compare Job 33:29.
CHAPTER XIII _Job defends himself against the accusations of his friends,_ _and accuses them of endeavouring to pervert truth_, 1-8. _Threatens them with God's judgments_, 9-12. _Begs some respite...
LO, MINE EYE HATH SEEN ALL THIS - I have seen illustrations of all that I have said, or that you have said about the methods of divine providence....
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 ...
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)....
Looking back to his delineation of the Divine wisdom and might as they dominate among men and in the world (ch. Job 12:7-25), Job says that his knowledge of them is not inferior to that of the friends...
_JOB REPROVES HIS FRIENDS FOR THEIR PREJUDICE: HE PROFESSES HIS CONFIDENCE IN GOD, AND ENTREATS TO KNOW OF HIM WHY HE HIDES HIS FACE FROM HIM, AND HOLDS HIM FOR AN ENEMY._ _Before Christ 1645._...
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...
_LO, MINE EYE HATH SEEN ALL THIS, MINE EAR HATH HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD IT._ Mine eye hath seen all this - as to the dealings of Providence (Job 12:3)....
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...
The v. is in close connexion with Job 12. EYE refers to Job 12:7, EAR to Job 12:13.: cp. Job 12:11...
Job knew that God makes proud people humble (Job 12:17-25). But this did not explain Job’s situation. Job had been a good man. But Job had never been a proud man. He was humble even when he was wealth...
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...
הֶן ־כֹּ֖ל רָאֲתָ֣ה עֵינִ֑י שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה אָ֝זְנִ֗י...
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...
_All, without your information. (Calmet)_...
(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...
CONTENTS Job prosecutes the subject of his expostulation with his friends through the greater part of this chapter. He leaves discoursing with them, for a short space, and makes an earnest applicatio...
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...
LO, MINE EYE HATH SEEN ALL [THIS],.... Or "all those things" h he had been discoursing of, concerning the wisdom and power of God, and his friends also; some of these he had seen instances of, he had...
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it. Ver. 1. _Lo, mine eye hath seen all this_] _sc._ All those effects of God's providence, declared in the former chapter. I hav...
_Lo, mine eye hath seen all this_ All this which either you or I have discoursed concerning the infinite power and wisdom of God, I know, both by seeing it, by my own observation and experience, and b...
JOB DEFENDS GOD AGAINST THE SUSPICION OF ARBITRARINESS...
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it, gotten the knowledge for itself, namely, concerning all that had been set forth in the last chapter regarding the wisdom and omn...
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...
Job is not relating some vague dream like Eliphaz (Job 4:16), or the traditions of past generations (Job 8:8), rather he is speaking from personal experience and observation of the real world. Therefo...
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...
JOB CHAPTER 13 Job's friends not wiser than he: he would reason with God; but they were liars, and talked deceitfully for God, who would search and reprove them for accepting persons, JOB 13:1. God's...
Job 13:1 eye H5869 seen H7200 (H8804) ear H241 heard H8085 (H8804) understood H995 (H8799) Lo -...
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...
_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...
1 John 1:3; Job 12:9; Job 15:17; Job 15:18; Job 4:12;...
Lo — All this which either you or I have discoursed concerning the infinite power and wisdom of God. I know, both by seeing it, by my own observation and experience, and by hearing it from my ancestor...