Job 18:1
ANSWERED. See note on Job 4:1. Bildad. See note on Job 2:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED. See note on Job 4:1. Bildad. See note on Job 2:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. an end: or,. perversion.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. VILE: or, stupid. YOUR SIGHT. Septuagint and Syriac read "thine eyes".... [ Continue Reading ]
HIMSELF. his soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. SHALL. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. The reference is to the universal practice of burning. light during the night. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARK. Hebrew. _hashak:_ see note on Job 3:6. showing that the man is dead, and not alive to keep the light burning. TABERNACLE. tent. CANDLE. lamp. WITH HIM. over him: see note on "dark", above.... [ Continue Reading ]
STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH. his firm step. Genitive of character. App-17.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKETH. walketh habitually.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GIN. a gin. Authorized Version, 1611, reads "grin". a snare. Same meaning, but now obsolete. THE. a ROBBER. noose.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID. hidden.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRIVE HIM TO HIS FEET. follow at his feet. Compare 1 Samuel 25:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH, &C. i.e. shall be weakened by hunger. Same word as Job 18:7, not same as Job 18:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. parts or members of his body. SKIN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole body. Compare Exodus 22:26. FIRSTBORN OF DEATH: i.e. the chief, or worst, or cruellest death. Figure of speech _Euphemismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
KING OF TERRORS. Euphemy, for death.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT: i.e. every one of the terrors. NONE OF HIS. not, indeed, his own.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEPHEW. grandson (Judges 12:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the thing done in the day: i.e. his fall.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44. Occurs elsewhere only in Job 27:7; Job 29:17; Job 31:3, and Zephaniah 3:5. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]