Job 23:2

COMPLAINT. complaining. MY. Septuagint and Syriac read "His". STROKE. hand. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the calamity occasioned by it. Compare Job 13:21; Job 19:21.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 23:12

MY NECESSARY FOOD. Hebrew my own law. my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Genus), App-6, for what is allowed by it. Compare Genesis 47:22.Proverbs 30:8.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 23:16

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. SOFT. faint, or unnerved. Compare Deuteronomy 20:3.Isaiah 7:4. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 23:17

BECAUSE, &C. See translation below. DARKNESS. Hebrew. _hashak_. See note on Job 3:6. DARKNESS. Hebrew. _'ophel_. See note on Job 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]

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